Mushroom vs Mouse - What's the difference?
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Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies]] of [[fungus, fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
champignon or Agaricus bisporus , the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.
One of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
(obsolete, figurative) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.
Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.
Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.
To grow quickly to a large size.
To gather mushrooms .
(ballistics) (Of a bullet) To form the shape of a mushroom when a bullet impacts a soft target.
Any small rodent of the genus Mus .
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*:At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
(lb) A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
A quiet or shy person.
(lb) (plural'' mice''' ''or, rarely,'' ' mouses ) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
(lb) Hematoma.
(lb) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out.
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A match used in firing guns or blasting.
(lb) A small model of (a fragment of) (Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory) with desirable properties (depending on the context).
To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around ).
To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.
(nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
(computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
* 1988 , MacUser: Volume 4
* 2009 , Daniel Tunkelang, Faceted Search (page 35)
(obsolete, nonce, transitive) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
* Shakespeare
In lang=en terms the difference between mushroom and mouse
is that mushroom is to grow quickly to a large size while mouse is to hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.As nouns the difference between mushroom and mouse
is that mushroom is any of the fleshy fruiting bodies]] of [[fungus|fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood) while mouse is any small rodent of the genus mus .As verbs the difference between mushroom and mouse
is that mushroom is to grow quickly to a large size while mouse is to move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around ).As an adjective mushroom
is having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.mushroom
English
(wikipedia mushroom) {{picdic , image=Flammulina velutipes 04.jpg , detail1= , detail2= }}Noun
(en noun)- Some mushroom s are edible and taste good, while others are poisonous and taste foul.
- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* (something appearing suddenly) shroomDerived terms
* magic mushroom * mushroom anchor * mushroom cloud * mushroom coral * mushroom spawn * mushroomy * straw mushroomSee also
* cep, * champignon * chanterelle * cremini * fungus * morel * porcino * portabela, portabella, portabello, portobela, portobella, portobello, portobelo * shiitake * toadstoolAdjective
(-)- mushroom cloud
Verb
(en verb)- The town’s population mushroomed from 10,000 to 110,000 in five years.
mouse
English
Noun
(mice)Hypernyms
* (small rodent) rodentCoordinate terms
* (small rodent) rat * (input device) joystick, trackpad, trackball, pointing stickDerived terms
* (as) quiet as a mouse * cat and mouse * church mouse * deer mouse * dormouse * fieldmouse * house mouse * kangaroo mouse * mouseable, mousable * mouse button * mouse click * mouse-ear * mouse mat * mouse pad * mouser * mousetrap * mousy * optical mouse * play cat and mouse * poor as a church mouse * when the cat's away the mice will playVerb
(mous)- Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack.
- I had just moused to the File menu and the pull-down menu repeated the menu bar's hue a dozen shades lighter.
- Unlike the Flamenco work, the Relation Browser allows users to quickly explore a document space using dynamic queries issued by mousing over facet elements in the interface.
- [Death] mousing the flesh of men.