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Haiku vs Haik - What's the difference?

haiku | haik |

As a noun haiku

is .

As a proper noun haik is

.

haiku

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A Japanese poem of a specific form, consisting of three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
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  • A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
    • Haiku, a poem
    five beats, then seven, then five
    ends as it began.
  • English plurals

    • Derived terms

    * (l) (rare) * (l)

    Synonyms

    * hokku

    See also

    * A is a short humorous poem that is similar to the haiku. ----

    haik

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
  • *1809 , James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco , VI:
  • *:Woollen hayks for garments are manufactured here of a curious texture, extremely light and fine, called El Haik Filelly.

    • References

    * Oxford English Reference 1996

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