Habit vs Rabbit - What's the difference?
habit | rabbit |
An action done on a regular basis.
* Washington Irving
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, title= An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.
(archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress.
* Shakespeare
* Addison
* 1719 , (Daniel Defoe), (Robinson Crusoe)
(botany) form of growth or general appearance of a variety or species of plant, e.g. erect, prostrate, bushy.
An addiction.
A mammal of the family Leporidae , with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
(lb) A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
(lb) A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle.
To hunt rabbits.
(US) To flee.
(British) To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
As nouns the difference between habit and rabbit
is that habit is habit while rabbit is a mammal of the family leporidae , with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.As a verb rabbit is
to hunt rabbits or rabbit can be (british|intransitive) to talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.habit
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) ; see have.Noun
(en noun)- a man of very shy, retired habits
Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits . ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
- Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy.
- There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits .
- it was always my fate to choose for the worse, so I did here; for having money in my pocket and good clothes upon my back, I would always go on board in the habit of a gentleman; and so I neither had any business in the ship, or learned to do any.
Synonyms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) habiten, from (etyl) habiter, from (etyl) ; see have.External links
* * ----rabbit
English
(wikipedia rabbit) (Leporidae)Etymology 1
From (etyl) rabet, from (etyl) dialect (compare (etyl) dialect rabbotte, . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
(animal) * bunny (hypocoristic'', ''colloquial'', ''pet name ) * bunny rabbit (hypocoristic'', ''colloquial'', ''pet name ) * coney, cony (dialect )Derived terms
* breed like rabbits * bunny rabbit * fuck like rabbits * jackrabbit * kill the rabbit * pull a rabbit out of the hat * rabbit's foot * rabbity * the rabbit died * Welsh rabbitVerb
- ''The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit .
Synonyms
* (to flee): run off, scamper, boltSee also
* buck * cottontail * doe * hare * kitten * warren * (wikipedia)Etymology 2
From Cockney rhyming slang rabbit and pork , to talk.Verb
- Stop your infernal rabbiting ! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!
- Commonly used in the form "to rabbit on"