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Hippo vs Rhino - What's the difference?

hippo | rhino |

As nouns the difference between hippo and rhino

is that hippo is short form of hippopotamus while rhino is short form of rhinoceros.

hippo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Short form of hippopotamus.
  • * 2006' "The Eastern Cape village whose dam has been taken over by a '''hippo will decide next week what happens to the animal." ''Weekend Argus 24 June 2006.

    • Derived terms

    *hippo fly

    rhino

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened form of (rhinoceros).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Short form of rhinoceros.

    • Etymology 2

    Unknown

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang, archaic) money
  • * 1835 , (Frederick Marryat), The Pacha of Many Tales
    • There I fell in with Betsy, and as she proved a regular out and outer, I spliced her, and a famous wedding we had of it, as long as the rhino lasted.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), '' Episode 12, ''The Cyclops
  • *:--Here you are, says Alf, chucking out the rhino . Talking about hanging, I'll show you something you never saw
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