Moorish vs Arab - What's the difference?
moorish | arab |
of or pertaining to the Moors or their culture
(architecture) Of or pertaining to a style of Spanish architecture from the time of the Moors, characterized by the horseshoe arch and ornate, geometric decoration
Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
, volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= A Semitic person, whose antecedents were from Arabia
An inhabitant of Arabia
A member of an Arabic-speaking community
A particular breed of horse.
As adjectives the difference between moorish and arab
is that moorish is boggy, marshy; like a moor while arab is (l), arabic.As a noun arab is
(l).moorish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)arab
English
Usage notes
The second pronunciation (with a long "a" sound) is derogatory and used only in the sense of a person.Adjective
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