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Heir vs Bunny - What's the difference?

heir | bunny |

As nouns the difference between heir and bunny

is that heir is someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another while bunny is a culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches or bunny can be a swelling from a blow; a bump or bunny can be a rabbit, especially a juvenile.

As an adjective bunny is

(not comparable) in skiing, easy or unchallenging or bunny can be resembling a bun.

heir

English

Noun

(en noun) (Inheritance)
  • Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:I am my father's heir and only son.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
    • , passage=And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir .}}
  • One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.
  • A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.
  • *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • *:And I his heir in misery alone.
  • *
  • *:"I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children came"
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-11, volume=407, issue=8835, page=12, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= What a waste , passage=India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs .}}

    Related terms

    * legatee * devisee * heirloom * heir apparent

    Anagrams

    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----

    bunny

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (bunnies)
  • A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
  • A chine or gully formed by water running over the edge of a cliff; a wooded glen or small ravine opening through the cliff line to the sea.
  • Any small drain or culvert.
  • A brick arch or wooden bridge, covered with earth across a drawn or carriage in a water-meadow, just wide enough to allow a hay-wagon to pass over.
  • A small pool of water.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bony, .

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (bunnies)
  • A swelling from a blow; a bump.
  • (mining) A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.

    • Etymology 3

    From .

    Noun

    (bunnies)
  • A rabbit, especially a juvenile.
  • A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
  • (sports) In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
  • (South Africa) bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry
  • * 2008 , Steve Pike, Surfing South Africa (page 258)
    • Surfers from Durban grew up on bunnies . You get the curry in the bread with the removed square chunk, used to dunk back in the curry.
    Derived terms
    * angst bunny * badge bunny * bunny girl * bunny rabbit * cuddle bunny * dust bunny * Easter Bunny * gym bunny * snuggle bunny * that's the bunny * bunny wunny * snow bunny

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) In skiing, easy or unchallenging.
    • Let’s start on the bunny hill.
    Synonyms
    * nursery

    Etymology 4

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a bun
    • Synonyms
    * (resembling a bun) bunlike