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Kangaroo vs Bunny - What's the difference?

kangaroo | bunny |

As nouns the difference between kangaroo and bunny

is that kangaroo is a member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia while bunny is a culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.

As a verb kangaroo

is to practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.

As an adjective bunny is

in skiing, easy or unchallenging.

kangaroo

Noun

(en noun)
  • A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia.
  • * 1770 , (James Cook), Journal , 4 August 1770 [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8106]:
  • Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo', or ' Kanguru […].
  • * 1814 , (Matthew Flinders), A Voyage to Terra Australis :
  • In the woods are the kanguroo , the emu or cassowary, paroquets, and a variety of small birds […].
  • (Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
  • Synonyms

    * (Macropodidae) macropod, roo * (jacket) bunny hug, hoodie, kangaroo jacket

    Derived terms

    * antelope kangaroo, antilopine kangaroo * banded kangaroo * brush kangaroo * eastern grey kangaroo * forest kangaroo * giant kangaroo * great kangaroo * hare-kangaroo * kangaroo apple * kangaroo ball * kangaroo bar * kangaroo bear * kangaroo-beetle * kangaroo care * kangaroo closure * kangaroo code * kangaroo court * Kangaroo Defence, Kangaroo Defense * kangaroo-dog * kangaroo-fly * kangaroo-foot plant * kangaroo grass * kangaroo hare * kangaroo-hop * (Kangaroo Hoppet) * kangaroo-hound * (Kangaroo Island) * kangaroo jerboa * kangaroo justice * kangaroo meat * kangaroo mother care, kangaroo mother method * kangaroo mouse * kangaroo paw * kangaroo ship * kangaroo rat * kangaroo route * kangaroo's-foot, kangaroo's-foot plant * kangaroo-shoot * kangaroo-shooter * kangaroo-shooting * kangaroo skin * kangaroo-thorn * Kangaroo Tour * kangaroo trial * kangaroo unicycle * kangaroo vine * kangaroo word * musk kangaroo * rat-kangaroo * red kangaroo * rock kangaroo * roo * tree kangaroo * western grey kangaroo

    See also

    * joey * marsupial * (Resemblance of the folk-etymologies ) * wallaby

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
  • To hunt kangaroo.
  • References

    * , Australian Aboriginal Words , Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-553099-3 * ----

    bunny

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (bunnies)
  • A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
  • A chine or gully formed by water running over the edge of a cliff; a wooded glen or small ravine opening through the cliff line to the sea.
  • Any small drain or culvert.
  • A brick arch or wooden bridge, covered with earth across a drawn or carriage in a water-meadow, just wide enough to allow a hay-wagon to pass over.
  • A small pool of water.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bony, .

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (bunnies)
  • A swelling from a blow; a bump.
  • (mining) A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
  • Etymology 3

    From .

    Noun

    (bunnies)
  • A rabbit, especially a juvenile.
  • A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
  • (sports) In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
  • (South Africa) bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry
  • * 2008 , Steve Pike, Surfing South Africa (page 258)
  • Surfers from Durban grew up on bunnies . You get the curry in the bread with the removed square chunk, used to dunk back in the curry.
    Derived terms
    * angst bunny * badge bunny * bunny girl * bunny rabbit * cuddle bunny * dust bunny * Easter Bunny * gym bunny * snuggle bunny * that's the bunny * bunny wunny * snow bunny

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) In skiing, easy or unchallenging.
  • Let’s start on the bunny hill.
    Synonyms
    * nursery

    Etymology 4

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a bun
  • Synonyms
    * (resembling a bun) bunlike