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Hare vs Harse - What's the difference?

hare | harse |

As a verb hare

is .

As a noun harse is

.

hare

English

(wikipedia hare)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • 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 * springhare

    See also

    * form (qualifier, hare's home) * leveret (young hare) * jackrabbit (type of hare)

    Verb

    (har)
  • To move swiftly.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 4 , author=Gareth Roberts , title=Wales 19-26 England , work=BBC 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
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), , (m).

    Alternative forms

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    Verb

    (har)
  • (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
    • (John Locke)

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l) ----

    harse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * {{quote-book, year=, author=Paul Boyton (1848-1914), title=The Story of Paul Boyton, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="It's no harse Oi have," he solemnly responded, "but Oi've wan av the finest mares in the south av Ireland an Oi'll drive ye over for six shillin'. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1917, author=Various, title=Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, January 10, 1917, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=At the moment the huntsman leps his harse up on the double beside us; he was phlastered with muck from his hair to his boots. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=Edited by James Weldon Johnson, title=The Book of American Negro Poetry, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Sateday, de marnin' break, Soon, soon market-people wake; An' de light shine from de moon While dem boy, wid pantaloon Roll up ober dem knee-pan, 'Tep across de buccra lan' To de pastur whe' de harse Feed along wid de jackass, An' de mule cant' in de track Wid him tail up in him back, All de ketchin' to defy, No ca' how dem boy might try. }}

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