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Hoarse vs Hearse - What's the difference?

hoarse | hearse |

As an adjective hoarse

is afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice.

As a noun hearse is

a hind in the second year of its age.

As a verb hearse is

to enclose in a hearse; to entomb.

hoarse

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice.
  • *
  • I am old and my voice is hoarse

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    hearse

    English

    (wikipedia hearse)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hind in the second year of its age.
  • A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
  • A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • underneath this marble hearse
  • * Fairfax
  • Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows.
  • * Longfellow
  • who lies beneath this sculptured hearse
  • A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Set down, set down your honourable load, / If honour may be shrouded in a hearse .
  • A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.
  • Verb

  • (dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.
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