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Haras vs Harass - What's the difference?

haras | harass |

In obsolete terms the difference between haras and harass

is that haras is a herd of stud horses; a harras while harass is worry; harassment.

As nouns the difference between haras and harass

is that haras is an establishment that breeds horses; a stud farm while harass is devastation; waste.

As a verb harass is

to fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.

haras

English

Noun

(haras)
  • (archaic) An establishment that breeds horses; a stud farm.
  • (obsolete) A herd of stud horses; a harras.

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    harass

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or
  • To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest.
  • * 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
    • In my old home, I always knew that John and my master were my friends; but here, although in many ways I was well treated, I had no friend. York might have known, and very likely did know, how that rein harassed me; but I suppose he took it as a matter of course that could not be helped; at any rate nothing was done to relieve me.
  • To put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties.
    • in the early 1940s.

    Synonyms

    * hassle * harry * chivy or chivvy * chevy or chevvy * beset * plague * molest * provoke

    Derived terms

    * harasser * harassment

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    Noun

  • (obsolete) devastation; waste
    • (Milton)
  • (obsolete) worry; harassment
    • (Byron)