Hare vs Gay - What's the difference?
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Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus , similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
To move swiftly.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=February 4
, author=Gareth Roberts
, title=Wales 19-26 England
, work=BBC
(obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.
. Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.
* 1992 , Unto the Sons , Ballantine Books 1993, ISBN 0804110336, page 15
* 2004 , Bad Dirt , Fourth Estate, ISBN 0007196911, page 32
In obsolete terms the difference between hare and gay
is that hare is to excite; to tease, or worry; to harry while gay is an ornament.As nouns the difference between hare and gay
is that hare is any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears while gay is a homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.As verbs the difference between hare and gay
is that hare is to move swiftly while gay is to make happy or cheerful.As a proper noun Gay is
{{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}}, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.As an adjective gay is
happy, joyful, and lively.hare
English
(wikipedia hare)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* arctic hare * Belgian hare * brown hare * European hare * hare and hounds * harebell * harebrained * hare lip * hold with the hare and run with the hounds * March hare * mountain hare * Patagonian hare * sea hare * snowshoe hare * springhareVerb
(har)citation, page= , passage=But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support. }}
Synonyms
* * *Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), , (m).Alternative forms
*Verb
(har)- (John Locke)
Anagrams
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l) ----gay
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- - - - my father's father, Gaetano Talese ( whose name I inherited after my birth in 1932, in the anglicized from of "Gay "), was an atypically fearless traveler,
- "Mr Gay Brawls. What a name."
- "It didn't use to mean what it means now. Plenty were named Gay'. Even in Nevada. Was old ' Gay Pitch had a gas station in Winnemucca. Nobody thought nothin about it and he raised a railroad car of kids.- - -