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Mourn vs Griff - What's the difference?

mourn | griff |

As nouns the difference between mourn and griff

is that mourn is sorrow, grief while griff is (india) griffin, (white) newcomer or griff can be (obsolete) grasp; reach or griff can be (colloquial|slang) marijuana.

As a verb mourn

is to express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).

mourn

English

Alternative forms

* morne

Verb

  • To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
  • * Bible, Genesis xxiii. 2
    • Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
  • * Shakespeare
    • We mourn' in black; why ' mourn we not in blood?

    Related terms

    * mourner * mournful * mourning

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Sorrow, grief.
  • *:
  • *:Anone after ther cam balen / and whan he sawe kynge Arthur / he alyght of his hors / and cam to the kynge on foote / and salewed hym / by my hede saide Arthur ye be welcome / Sire ryght now cam rydynge this way a knyght makynge grete moorne / for what cause I can not telle
  • A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

    • See also

    * grieve * lament * sorrow

    Anagrams

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    griff

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from earlier (griffin).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (India) griffin, (white) newcomer

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (grip), (gripe).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) grasp; reach
  • * Holland
    • A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff .
  • (weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.
    • (Knight)

    Etymology 3

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (colloquial, slang) marijuana.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) ----