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Muse vs Mule - What's the difference?

muse | mule |

As nouns the difference between muse and mule

is that muse is a source of inspiration while mule is a generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

As a verb muse

is to become lost in thought, to ponder.

muse

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) muse, from (etyl) .

Noun

(s)
  • A source of inspiration.
  • (archaic) A poet; a bard.
    • (Milton)
    Usage notes
    The plural musae'' can also be found, though it is much rarer than ''muses .
    Related terms
    * museum * music

    Etymology 2

    First attested in 1340. From (etyl) muser.

    Verb

    (mus)
  • To become lost in thought, to ponder.
  • To say (something) with due consideration or thought.
  • * (seeCites)
  • To think on; to meditate on.
  • * (rfdate) Thomson
    • Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […];  […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.}}
  • To wonder at.
    • (Shakespeare)
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Related terms
    * muser * musing

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , I.xii:
    • still he sate long time astonished / As in great muse , ne word to creature spake.
  • * 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia , Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 416:
    • He fell into a muse and pulled his upper lip.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) musse. See muset.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
    • Find a hare without a muse . (old proverb)

    Anagrams

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    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.