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muse | musk |

In transitive terms the difference between muse and musk

is that muse is to wonder at while musk is to perfume with musk.

As nouns the difference between muse and musk

is that muse is a source of inspiration while musk is a greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.

As verbs the difference between muse and musk

is that muse is to become lost in thought, to ponder while musk is to perfume with musk.

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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    musk

    English

    (wikipedia musk)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
  • A similar secretion produced by the otter and the civet.
  • A synthetic organic compound used as a substitute for the above.
  • The odour of musk.
  • The musk deer.
  • The (musk plant) ().
  • A plant of the genus ); the (musky heronsbill).
  • A plant of the genus Muscari ; grape hyacinth.
  • (slang, colloquial, vulgar) The scent of human genitalia when aroused or unwashed, especially that of a man.
    • I was so excited I could smell my own musk .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To perfume with musk.
    • English terms derived from Sanskrit