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Hare vs Snare - What's the difference?

hare | snare |

As verbs the difference between hare and snare

is that hare is while snare is to catch or hold, especially with a loop.

As a noun snare is

a trap made from a loop of wire, string, or leather.

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) ----

    snare

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A trap made from a loop of wire, string, or leather.
  • (rare) A mental or psychological trap; usually in the phrase a snare and a delusion .
  • * Shakespeare
  • If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, / Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee.
  • * 1719 ,
  • ...and I had now lived two years under this uneasiness, which, indeed, made my life much less comfortable than it was before, as may be well imagined by any who know what it is to live in the constant snare of the fear of man.
  • (veterinary) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
  • (music) A set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum to create a rattling sound.
  • (music) A snare drum.
  • Verb

    (snar)
  • to catch or hold, especially with a loop.
  • * Milton
  • Lest that too heavenly form snare them.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The mournful crocodile / With sorrow snares relenting passengers.

    Anagrams

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