Kangaroo vs Bunny - What's the difference?
kangaroo | bunny |
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]:
* 1814 , (Matthew Flinders), A Voyage to Terra Australis :
(Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
To hunt kangaroo.
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.
A swelling from a blow; a bump.
(mining) A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
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)
(not comparable) In skiing, easy or unchallenging.
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
English
(wikipedia kangaroo)Noun
(en noun)- Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo', or ' Kanguru […].
- In the woods are the kanguroo , the emu or cassowary, paroquets, and a variety of small birds […].
Synonyms
* (Macropodidae) macropod, roo * (jacket) bunny hug, hoodie, kangaroo jacketDerived 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 kangarooSee also
* joey * marsupial * (Resemblance of the folk-etymologies ) * wallabyVerb
(en verb)References
* , Australian Aboriginal Words , Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-553099-3 * ----bunny
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(bunnies)Etymology 2
From (etyl) bony, .Alternative forms
*Noun
(bunnies)Etymology 3
From .Noun
(bunnies)- 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 bunnyAdjective
(en adjective)- Let’s start on the bunny hill.