Moose vs Undefined - What's the difference?
moose | undefined |
(US) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces ), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
(informal) An ugly person
Lacking a definition or value.
(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As a noun moose
is .As an adjective undefined is
lacking a definition or value.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
- We saw a moose at the edge of the woods by the marsh .
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 * mooseynessSee also
* (wikipedia "moose")Etymology 2
From (etyl) moes.undefined
English
Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .
