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Liege vs Ziege - What's the difference?

liege | ziege |

As nouns the difference between liege and ziege

is that liege is daybed while ziege is an edible freshwater fish, (taxlink), of the cypriniformes order, with an oblique mouth, a low wavy lateral line and a sharp-edged belly.

liege

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
  • The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.
    • a liege lord
  • * Tennyson
    • She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; / And he, he reverenced his liege lady there.
  • Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal.
    • a liege''' man; a '''liege subject
  • (obsolete, legal) Full; perfect; complete; pure.
    • (Burrill)

    Related terms

    * liege lord * liegeman ----

    ziege

    English

    (wikipedia ziege)

    Noun

    (ziege)
  • An edible freshwater fish, (taxlink), of the Cypriniformes order, with an oblique mouth, a low wavy lateral line and a sharp-edged belly.

    • References

    * FishBase