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Moe vs Roe - What's the difference?

moe | roe |

As nouns the difference between moe and roe

is that moe is strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction toward, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media while roe is the eggs of fish.

As proper nouns the difference between moe and roe

is that moe is a surname, possibly formed by abbreviation of Moses or another name beginning with "Mo-" while Roe is {{surname|from=nicknames}}, from a Middle English nickname meaning a roe.

As an adverb moe

is obsolete form of lang=en.

As a verb moe

is obsolete form of lang=en.

moe

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia moe) From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

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Noun

(-)
  • (slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction toward, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
    • Derived terms
    * figure moe zoku * moe anthropomorphism
    Related terms
    * moe book * moekko * moe sangyo * moetan

    See also

    *

    Etymology 2

    Variant forms.

    Adverb

    (head)
  • * Shakespeare
    • Sing no more ditties, sing no moe .
  • * George Gascoigne
    • Many mast'ries moe .

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (to make faces)

    • Anagrams

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    roe

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rowe, rowne, roun, rawne, from (etyl) .Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen , s.v. “Rogen” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2005).

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) (dialectal) * (l), (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia roe)
  • The eggs of fish.
  • The sperm of certain fish.
  • The ovaries of certain crustaceans.
    • Quotations
    * 1988' : It was quite flavourless, except that, where its innards had been imperfectly removed, silver traces of '''roe gave it an unpleasant bitterness. - , (Penguin Books, paperback edition, 40)
    Synonyms
    * (sperm) milt
    Derived terms
    * hard roe * soft roe * white roe

    See also

    * caviar * egg

    References

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) ro, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun) (Roe Deer)
  • A small, nimble Eurasian deer, Capreolus capreolus , with no visible tail, a white rump patch, and a reddish summer coat that turns grey in winter, the male having short three-pointed antlers.
  • A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
    • Synonyms
    * roe deer, chevreuil
    Derived terms
    * roebuck

    Anagrams

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