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Hazel vs Hazee - What's the difference?

hazel | hazee |

As a proper noun hazel

is from the plant or colour hazel popular in the us at the turn of the 20th century.

As a noun hazee is

one who undergoes hazing.

hazel

English

(wikipedia hazel)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus , bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
  • The nut of the hazel tree.
  • The wood of a hazelnut tree.
  • A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
  • (mining) freestone
    • (Raymond)

    Quotations

    * , Scene I *: Kate, like the hazel -twig, *: Is straight and slender, and as brown in hue *: As hazel nuts, and sweeter than the kernels.

    Synonyms

    * (nut) filbert, hazelnut

    Adjective

  • Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)

    • Derived terms

    * hazel grouse * hazelnut * witch hazel/wych hazel

    See also

    * lamb's tails * sweet gum * ----

    hazee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who undergoes hazing.
  • * 1900 , The Independent (volume 52, issue 2)
    • In the testimony of the hazee appears the following: "That he had no objection to do what he did; that it was not forced upon him; they did not tell him to do anything; they asked him if he could and he said 'yes'
  • * 2006 , Jeremy Schaap, Cinderella Man (page 154)
    • Baer's antics — which included the time-honored hazing ritual known as the hotfoot, in which the hazee' s shoe is discreetly set on fire — masked his real intent: to develop a strategy to defeat Carnera.
  • * 2010 , William F. Fry, Sweet Madness: A Study of Humor (page 166)
    • Frequently, it all ends with the hazee feeling out of sorts—discouraged, frightened, angry, disgruntled.