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Mule vs Maud - What's the difference?

mule | maud |

As nouns the difference between mule and maud

is that mule is a generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse while maud is a grey plaid once worn by shepherds in Scotland.

As a proper noun Maud is

{{given name|female|from=Germanic}}.

mule

English

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Etymology 1

From Middle English (reinforced by (etyl) mul (masculine), mule (feminine)), from (etyl) 'he-ass').

Noun

(en noun)
  • A generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
  • A generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
  • A hybrid plant.
  • (informal) A stubborn person.
  • (slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.
  • (numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
  • (gaming) A character on an MMORPG used mainly to store extra inventory of the owner's primary character.
  • * 2007 , David L. McClard, Verotopia Online: The MMORPG of the Century , Xlibris (2007), ISBN 9781425772895, page 89:
    • He was in the middle of organizing his massive stash of rare and exquisite bounty, all kept safely in the inventory cache of a mule , an entirely separate character which he paid a monthly fee to maintain exclusively for that purpose.
  • *
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * muling * mulish * kick like a mule * stubborn as a mule
    See also
    * ass * donkey * hinny (male horse X female donkey) * horse

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.

    • maud

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Maude

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1591 William Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors : Act III, Scene I:
    • Dromio of Ephesus . Maud , Bridget, Marian, Cicely, Gillian, Ginn!
    Dromio of Syracuse . Mome, malt-horse, capon, coxcomb, idiot, patch! - - - Dost thou conjure for wenches, that thou call'st for such a store
  • * 1855 :
    • Come into the garden, Maud', / For the black bat, night, has flown, / Come into the garden, ' Maud , / I am here at the gate alone;

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