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Mosey vs Breeze - What's the difference?

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Mosey is a related term of breeze.


As verbs the difference between mosey and breeze

is that mosey is (chiefly|us|dialectal) to set off, get going; to start a journey while breeze is to buzz or breeze can be to move casually, in a carefree manner.

As a noun breeze is

a gadfly; a horsefly or breeze can be a light, gentle wind.

mosey

English

Alternative forms

* mosy, mozey, mozy

Verb

(en verb)
  • (chiefly, US, dialectal) To set off, get going; to start a journey.
  • *1910 , , Kilmeny of the Orchard , chapter 1:
  • *:Haven't got time. I must mosey up to the North End to see a man who has got a lovely throat. Nobody can find out what is the matter. He has puzzled all the doctors.
  • (chiefly, US, dialectal) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
  • *1919 , , A Man Four-Square , chapter 6:
  • *:We'll mosey along toward the river. Kinder take it easy an' drift the herd down slow so as to let the cattle put on flesh.
  • Usage notes

    * Associated especially with the dialect of the Old West.

    breeze

    English

    (wikipedia breeze)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) brese, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (breezes)
  • A gadfly; a horsefly.
  • A strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
  • Verb

  • To buzz.
  • Etymology 2

    1555, nautical term .

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A light, gentle wind.
  • :
  • *(William Wordsworth) (1770-1850)
  • *:Into a gradual calm the breezes sink.
  • *
  • *:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  • Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
  • :
  • (lb) Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
  • Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. .
  • An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
  • :
  • Synonyms
    * See also * cakewalk, cinch, doddle, piece of cake, walk in the park, walkover; see also
    Coordinate terms
    * (gentle wind) gale, hurricane, storm
    See also
    * breeze block *

    Verb

    (breez)
  • To move casually, in a carefree manner.
  • (weather) To blow gently.
  • * '>citation
  • To take a horse under a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.
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