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Hoary vs Horary - What's the difference?

hoary | horary |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between hoary and horary

is that hoary is (obsolete) moldy; mossy; musty while horary is (obsolete) having a duration of just an hour; short-lived.

As adjectives the difference between hoary and horary

is that hoary is white or gray with age while horary is pertaining to an hour or hours.

As a noun horary is

(rare|ecclesiastical) a book containing the divine offices for the various canonical hours.

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

    horary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to an hour or hours.
    • (Spectator)
  • Occurring every hour; hourly.
  • (obsolete) Having a duration of just an hour; short-lived.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • horary , or soon decaying, fruits of summer
  • (astrology, of a question) Whose answer can be worked out by drawing up a horoscope of the exact time the question was asked.
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 276:
    • But every kind of personal problem could be dealt with as an horary question.
  • * 2006 , (Philip Ball), The Devil's Doctor , Arrow 2007, p. 295:
    • This aspect of astrology impinged on medicine too, since an horary question could be a request for diagnosis, in which case the doctor might answer it by inspecting not just the arrangement of the heavens but also a sample of the patient's urine, bearing in mind when it was passed or when it was brought to him.

    Noun

    (horaries)
  • (rare, ecclesiastical) A book containing the divine offices for the various canonical hours.
  • A narrative or account that is kept hourly.
  • A plan or programme that gives the hours at which events are to take place; a timetable; a horarium.

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