Hare vs Snare - What's the difference?
hare | snare |
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.
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(obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
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
* 1719 ,
(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.
to catch or hold, especially with a loop.
* Milton
* Shakespeare
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)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
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Synonyms
* * *Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), , (m).Alternative forms
*Verb
(har)- (John Locke)
Anagrams
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l) ----snare
English
Noun
(en noun)- If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, / Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee.
- ...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.
Verb
(snar)- Lest that too heavenly form snare them.
- The mournful crocodile / With sorrow snares relenting passengers.