Harry vs Harpy - What's the difference?
harry | harpy |
To bother; to trouble.
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To strip; to lay waste.
* Washington Irving
* J. Burroughs
A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture.
* Milton
A shrewish woman.
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One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
* Goldsmith
The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus ).
A large and powerful double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia ).
As a verb harry
is to bother; to trouble.As a proper noun Harry
is a given name derived from Germanic, also used as a pet form of Henry and Harold.As a noun harpy is
a fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture.harry
English
Verb
(en-verb)- We shall harry the enemy at every turn until his morale breaks and he is at our mercy.
- (Shakespeare)
- The Northmen came several times and harried the land.
- to harry this beautiful region
- A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.
Synonyms
* bother, disturb, harass, trouble, worryDerived terms
* harrier ----harpy
English
(wikipedia harpy)Noun
(harpies)- Both table and provisions vanished quite,
With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard.
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- The harpies about all pocket the pool.