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Murr vs Burr - What's the difference?

murr | burr |

As a noun murr

is (obsolete) a catarrh or murr can be (onomatopoeia|colloquial|furry fandom) a purr (produced by any animal).

As a verb murr

is (onomatopoeia|colloquial|of a person or animal|furry fandom) to purr.

As a proper noun burr is

.

murr

English

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. Perhaps imitative.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A catarrh.
  • *1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.12:
  • *:With them a Phthysique'' or consumption of the lungs is but an ordinary cough: A ''dysentery or bloody flux but a distemper of the stomacke; A pleurisie but a cold or murre ; and as they gently name them so they easily endure them.
  • * John Skelton
    • The woodhack that singeth 'chur', / Hoarsely, as he had the murr

    Etymology 2

    Imitative.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (onomatopoeia, colloquial, furry fandom) A purr (produced by any animal).
  • * 2003 March 30, "NallTWD" (username), FUR: "Boston Blues" (M/F- Lions)'', in fur.stories.erotica, ''Usenet :
    • Raion let out a contented murr ,
  • * 2004 , "Claudia" (username), STORY: The Three Sisters, part 8 ( Transform, Girl into Horse )'', in alt.sex.stories, ''Usenet :
    • Cathy rroww'ed like a cat in heat as her tom mated her, her breasts pressed deeply into the mattress, orgasming with a contented murr as the tom fertilized her
  • * 2007 , Teiran, The Hero , page 150:
    • The hyena let out a soft murr as the fox's paw gently rubbing in small circles across his forehead and down his neck. The gentle scratching felt good, so the hyena leaned into the paw.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (onomatopoeia, colloquial, of a person or animal, furry fandom) To purr.
  • * 1989 , Dawn Borrelli, Kate , page 101:
    • The cat murred and purred and tried to lick his face and David was filled with such happiness. All the doubts and misgivings of the past few hours fled and all that he knew was that Kate, his love and his life, was back with him.
  • * 1995 January 5, "Anne-Lise Pasch" (username), STORY: Retribution'', in alt.fan.furry, ''Usenet :
    • She murred in satisfaction.
  • * 2002', September 2, "sahd_ryoken" (username), ''*'''murrs * no shirt, jean shorts, and one hot dragon'', in alt.fan.dragons, ''Usenet
    • Derived terms
    * murrsuit ----

    burr

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) burre, perhaps from (etyl) , from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
  • A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
  • A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
  • * Tomlinson
    • The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs .
  • A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
  • A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
  • The earlobe.
  • The knot at the bottom of an antler.
    • Synonyms
    * (kind of seed pod) sticker; bur
    Derived terms
    * deburr

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeia, influenced by bur.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rough humming sound.
  • A rolled "r".

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pronounce with a rolled "r".
  • To make a rough humming sound.

    • Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
  • * :
    • And there kyng Arthur smote syr mordred vnder the shelde wyth a foyne of his spere thorughoute the body more than a fadom / And whan syr Mordred felte that he had hys dethes wounde / He thryst hym self wyth the myght that he had vp to the bur of kynge Arthurs spere / And right so he smote his fader Arthur wyth his swerde holden in bothe his handes

    Etymology 4

    From burl.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British)
    • English onomatopoeias Geordie English