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Pup vs Mongrel - What's the difference?

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Pup is a related term of mongrel.


As nouns the difference between pup and mongrel

is that pup is hump, hunch while mongrel is someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin; especially , a dog that is such.

pup

English

(wikipedia pup)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, shark and some other animals.
    • The dog has had that bed since he was just a pup .
  • A young, inexperienced person.
    • The new teacher is a mere pup .
  • Any cute dog, regardless of age.
    • My pup likes to run as fast as he can, yet cannot always stop in time!
  • A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To give birth to pups.

    • See also

    * puppy * pup tent English palindromes ----

    mongrel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin; especially , a dog that is such.
    • That dog is a mongrel , who knows what breed it could be!
  • (slang, Australia) A thuggish or obnoxious person.

    • Synonyms

    * (someone of mixed kind) bitsa, bitser or bitzer (qualifier), cur, mutt

    Related terms

    * among

    Hyponyms

    * moggy (of a cat)

    References