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Loathe vs Hare - What's the difference?

loathe | hare |

As verbs the difference between loathe and hare

is that loathe is to hate, detest, revile while hare is .

loathe

English

Verb

  • To hate, detest, revile.
    • I loathe scrubbing toilets.
    I absolutely loathe hydrangeas.
  • * Cowley
    • Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.
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    • Quotations

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    Usage notes

    Sometimes confused with the similarly-pronounced (loath), a related adjective.

    Synonyms

    * hate * detest * See also

    Derived terms

    * loathing * loathsome

    See also

    * abhor * despise * detest * dislike * hate * abominate

    External links

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    hare

    English

    (wikipedia hare)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus , similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
  • The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
    • Derived terms
    * arctic hare * Belgian hare * brown hare * European hare * hare and hounds * harebell * harebrained * hare lip * hold with the hare and run with the hounds * March hare * mountain hare * Patagonian hare * sea hare * snowshoe hare * springhare

    See also

    * form (qualifier, hare's home) * leveret (young hare) * jackrabbit (type of hare)

    Verb

    (har)
  • To move swiftly.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 4 , author=Gareth Roberts , title=Wales 19-26 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support. }}
    Synonyms
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), , (m).

    Alternative forms

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    Verb

    (har)
  • (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
    • (John Locke)

    Anagrams

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