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Haggard vs Deathly - What's the difference?

haggard | deathly |

As adjectives the difference between haggard and deathly

is that haggard is looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition while deathly is appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death.

As a noun haggard

is a stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.

As an adverb deathly is

in a way that resembles death.

haggard

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
  • * Dryden
    • Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.
    Pale and haggard faces.
    A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.
    The years of hardship made her look somewhat haggard .
  • Wild or untamed
    • a haggard or refractory hawk

    Derived terms

    * haggardly * haggardness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect, Isle of Mann, Ireland) A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
    • "He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard" [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/pt_s.htm]
  • (falconry) A hunting bird captured as an adult.
    • A "haggard" is a bird captured as an adult and therefore of unknown age; often, the law prohibits capturing birds of mating age. Falconry Pro
  • * 1599 ,
  • *:No, truly, Ursula, she is too disdainful;
  • *:I know her spirits are as coy and wild
  • *:As haggards of the rock.
  • (falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
  • (obsolete) A fierce, intractable creature.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have loved this proud disdainful haggard .
  • (obsolete) A hag.
    • (Garth)

    References

    deathly

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death.
    • He has a deathly pallor.
  • Fatal, causing death.
  • Extreme.
    • He has a deathly fear of crocodiles.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a way that resembles death.
    • He was deathly pale.
  • Extremely, dreadfully.
    • The water was deathly cold.
    He was deathly afraid of crocodiles.