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Hippopotamus vs Sjambok - What's the difference?

hippopotamus | sjambok |

As nouns the difference between hippopotamus and sjambok

is that hippopotamus is a large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) african mammal () that spends most of the day living in water, but comes on to land at night to feed of all living land animals, only the rhinoceros and elephant are larger while sjambok is a stout whip, especially made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide.

As a verb sjambok is

to whip with a sjambok; to horsewhip.

hippopotamus

English

(wikipedia hippopotamus)

Noun

  • A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal () that spends most of the day living in water, but comes on to land at night to feed. Of all living land animals, only the rhinoceros and elephant are larger.

    • Synonyms

    * (semi-aquatic mammal) hippo, river horse

    Derived terms

    * pygmy hippopotamus

    Related terms

    * hippo- * potamic

    Synonyms

    * hippo, river horse English nouns with irregular plurals English words prefixed with hippo- ----

    sjambok

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (noun) shambok, sambok * (verb) sjamboke

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stout whip, especially made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide.
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  • *1979 , , A Dry White Season , Vintage 1998, page 113:
  • *:Several accusations had been brought in against her and every time she'd denied them she had been beaten with a sjambok .
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    • See also

    * knout * quirt * whip *

    Verb

  • To whip with a sjambok; to horsewhip.

    • References

    * 1989-1990, South African Department of Information (Apartheid era), South Africa 1989-90: official yearbook of the Republic of South Africa , volume 15 (1989; ISBN: 0797017291 and 9780797017290). Page 74: "bobotie, kiaal, sjambok, sosatie from Malay". * 1983, Robert Ross, Cape of Torments: slavery and resistance in South Africa. International library of anthropology (Routledge, 1983; ISBN: 0710094078 and 9780710094070) * 1978, Jean Branford, A Dictionary of South African English * 1971, Roy Lewis, Yvonne Foy, Painting Africa white: the human side of British colonialism (Universe Books, 1971, ISBN: 0876631448 and 9780876631447) * 1883, JKW Quarles van Ufford, Koloniale kroniek - De Economist (Springer, [http://www.springerlink.com/index/Y355777718348115.pdf)

    Anagrams

    * * South African English