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Moose vs Noose - What's the difference?

moose | noose |

As nouns the difference between moose and noose

is that moose is the largest member of the deer family (Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers while noose is an adjustable loop of rope, e.g. the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

As a verb noose is

to tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

moose

English

Etymology 1

Earlier mus'', ''moos , from a Northeastern (etyl) language name for the animal, such as (etyl) moos, mws (cognate to (etyl) moos, (etyl) mos, (etyl) moz), from , referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding. Online Etymology Dictionary

Noun

  • (US) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces ), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
    • We saw a moose at the edge of the woods by the marsh .
  • (informal) An ugly person
    • Usage notes
    * The use of (as with the names of many animals, such as deer and fish, which are also invariant); however, this usage can sometimes be considered stilted when a group of more than one moose are considered individually, in which case avoidance of the plural may be the best option, necessitating the employment of a circumlocution.
    Synonyms
    * (l) (British), (l) (qualifier)
    Derived terms
    * moosebird * moose deer * mooseling * moosey * moose yard * mooseyness
    See also
    * (wikipedia "moose")

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) moes.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, rare) A stew.

    • References

    English invariant nouns English irregular plurals English plurals ----

    noose

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An adjustable loop of rope, e.g. the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

    • Derived terms

    * hangman's noose

    Verb

    (noos)
  • To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

    • Anagrams

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