Mare vs Maze - What's the difference?
mare | maze |
An adult female horse.
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A foolish woman.
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*:The silly mare phoned your mother, talking about applying for a mortgage, and we don't want that, do we?
(obsolete, outside, dialects) A type of evil spirit thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep; a nightmare.
(UK, colloquial) (Shortening of (nightmare)) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
(planetology) A dark, large circular plain; a “sea”.
(planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, a large expanse of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way.
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Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle.
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Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.
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to amaze, astonish, bewilder
to daze, stupefy, or confuse
As nouns the difference between mare and maze
is that mare is tide (periodic change of sea level) while maze is cream (cheese), quantity.mare
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) mare, mere, from (etyl) mere, . Alternative etymology cites derivation via (etyl) mere, miere'', from (etyl) ), from (etyl) ''markos'' (compare (etyl) march), from Iranian ''marikas'' (compare Old Persian ''marikas'' 'male, manly'), from ''maryas'' (compare Avestan ''mairya'' 'man; male animal'); akin to Sanskrit ''máryas 'young man; stallion'. More at marry.Noun
(en noun)Antonyms
* stallion and gelding refer to adult male horses (a colt refers to an immature one)Coordinate terms
* (adult female horse) foal and filly refer to younger horses, pony can refer to adult horses of either gender under a certain height.Etymology 2
From (etyl) mare, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I'm having a complete mare today.
Derived terms
* (l) * (l)Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Noun
(maria)Anagrams
* English heteronyms ----maze
English
(wikipedia maze)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=There's plenty for toddlers too: experience the Wild West in Bear City, play with sand diggers, splash in the paddling pool and discover meerkats, reptiles and alpacas in the Zoo-Farm. Rain doesn't stop play, just head for the indoor fun factory with a rocking and rolling tugboat, mirror maze , ferris wheel and soft play. }}
citation, passage=A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.}}
Derived terms
(terms derived from maze) * logic maze * mazed * mazelike * mazey * mazy * mizmaze * Morris water maze * radiation maze * turf mazeVerb
(maz)- (South)