Hounded vs Rounded - What's the difference?
hounded | rounded |
(hound)
A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals. (hunt hound, hunting hound, hunting dog, hunter)
(by extension) Someone who seeks something.
* 1996 , Marc Parent, Turning Stones , , ISBN 0151002045, page 93,
* 2004 , , ISBN 0743486196, page 483,
(by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of receptive females.
* 1915 , , volume 122, number 787, December 1915, republished in ''Harper's Monthly Magazine , volume 122, December 1915 to May 1916, page 108,
A despicable person.
* Shakespeare
* Elizabeth Walter, Come and Get Me
A houndfish.
(nautical, in the plural) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
In more recent times, hound' has been replaced by ' dog but the sense remains the same.
To persistently harass.
(round)
Made into a circle or sphere.
Complete or balanced.
(mathematics) Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.
(botany) Ending in a broad arch.
(linguistics, of a vowel) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; see rounded vowel.
As verbs the difference between hounded and rounded
is that hounded is (hound) while rounded is (round).As an adjective rounded is
made into a circle or sphere.hounded
English
Verb
(head)hound
English
Noun
(en noun)- On the way out of the building I was asked for my autograph. If I'd known who the signature hound thought I was, I would've signed appropriately.
- I still do not know if he's taken on this case because he's a glory hound , because he wants the PR, or if he simply wanted to help Anna.
- "Are you alone, Goodson?
- "She had a good many successors, John."
- "You are such a hound , in that respect, Goodson," said Claywell, "and you have always been such a hound, that it astounds me to find you—unaccompanied."
- Boy! false hound !
- 'You blackmailing hound ,' the parrot said distinctly, in what Hodges recognized as General Derby's voice. Anstruther turned pale.
Derived terms
* Afghan hound * autograph hound * bloodhound * clean as a hound's tooth * gazehound * greyhound, grayhound * hold with the hare and run with the hounds * hound dog * houndish * houndlike * houndly * houndstooth * houndy * publicity hound * rock hound * sighthound * wolfhound * boar hound * hell hound * war hound * hounds of warVerb
(en verb)- He hounded me for weeks, but I was simply unable to pay back his loan.