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Hoard vs Hoary - What's the difference?

hoard | hoary |

As a noun hoard

is a hidden supply or fund.

As a verb hoard

is to amass, usually for one's personal collection.

As an adjective hoary is

white or gray with age.

hoard

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hidden supply or fund.
    • a hoard''' of provisions; a '''hoard of money
  • (archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To amass, usually for one's personal collection.

    • See also

    * (Hoarding) * * horde

    Anagrams

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    hoary

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • White or gray with age.
    • The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence.
  • * 1787 , , "How Firm a Foundation":
    • And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
    Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.
  • (zoology) Of a pale silvery gray.
  • (botany) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.
  • (obsolete) Remote in time past.
  • (obsolete) Moldy; mossy; musty.
  • Old or old-fashioned.
  • * {{quote-news
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    Related terms

    * hoar

    Derived terms

    * hoarily * hoariness