As a noun gingham

is a cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks.

As a verb checkered is

(checker).

As an adjective checkered is

divided into squares, or into light and dark patches.

As nouns the difference between ginnel and snicker

is that ginnel is a narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses while snicker is a stifled or broken laugh.

As a verb snicker is

to emit a snicker: a stifled or broken laugh.

As nouns the difference between giraffe and cat

is that giraffe is a ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns while cat is an animal of the family Felidae.

As a verb cat is

to hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.

As an adjective cat is

terrible, disastrous.

As a proper noun Cat is

a diminutive of the female given name Catherine.

As an acronym CAT is

centre for Alternative Technology.

As nouns the difference between giraffe and cockroach

is that giraffe is a ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns while cockroach is a black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.

As a proper noun giraffe

is camelopardalis.

As a noun horses is

.

As a verb horses is

(horse).

As a proper noun giraffe

is camelopardalis.

As a noun narwhal is

, an arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward.

As a proper noun giraffe

is camelopardalis.

As a noun pie is

foot.

As verbs the difference between gird and brace

is that gird is to bind with a flexible rope or cord or gird can be to jeer at while brace is (intransitive) to prepare for something bad, as an impact or blow.

As nouns the difference between gird and brace

is that gird is a sarcastic remark while brace is (obsolete) armor for the arm; vambrace.

As verbs the difference between girded and girt

is that girded is past tense of gird while girt is to gird.

As a noun girt is

a horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.

As an adjective girt is

bound by a cable; used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

As a noun gerund

is (grammar) a verbal form that functions as a verbal noun (in english, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently).

As a proper noun var is

, of old norse origin.