Hart vs Moose - What's the difference?
hart | moose |
(US) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces ), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
(informal) An ugly person
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As nouns the difference between hart and moose
is that hart is a male deer, especially the male of the red deer after its fifth year while moose is the largest member of the deer family (Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.As a proper noun Hart
is {{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}}, originally a nickname from Middle English hert (stag).hart
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . (cognates) Compare (etyl) . More at (l).Etymology 2
See (m)Anagrams
* (l), (l), (l), (l) ----moose
English
Etymology 1
Earlier mus'', ''moos , from a Northeastern (etyl) language name for the animal, such as (etyl) moos, mws (cognate to (etyl) moos, (etyl) mos, (etyl) moz), from , referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding.Online Etymology Dictionary
Noun
- We saw a moose at the edge of the woods by the marsh .