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Macaroni vs Hyena - What's the difference?

macaroni | hyena |

As nouns the difference between macaroni and hyena

is that macaroni is (uncountable) a type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely , pasta in general while hyena is hyena.

macaroni

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely , pasta in general.
  • * 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XI:
  • Delicate lace ruffles fell over the lean yellow hands that were so overladen with rings. He had been a macaroni of the eighteenth century, and the friend, in his youth, of Lord Ferrars.
  • * 1997 , (Thomas Pynchon), Mason & Dixon :
  • A small, noisy party of Fops, Macaronis , or Lunarians,—it is difficult quite to distinguish which,—has been working its way up the street.

    Hyponyms

    * elbow macaroni * See also

    Derived terms

    * macaroni and cheese * macaroni cheese * macaroni penguin

    See also

    * *

    Anagrams

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    hyena

    English

    (wikipedia hyena)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (dated)

    Noun

  • Large, canine?resembling carnivore belonging to the family Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia, often notable for the sound similar to laughter which it can make if excited.
  • Derived terms

    * brown hyena * spotted hyena * striped hyena