Nose vs Arse - What's the difference?
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A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=17 A snout, the nose of an animal.
The tip of an object.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
(horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
The power of smelling.
* Collier
Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
The skill in recognising bouquet.
(by extension) Skill at finding information.
To move cautiously.
To snoop.
To detect by smell or as if by smell.
* , Hamlet , act 4, sc. 3,
To push with one's nose.
* Tennyson
To nuzzle.
To win by a narrow margin.
To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.
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*:& thenne he rode after the bore / & thenne syre la?celot was ware where the bore set his ars to a tree by an hermytage / Thenne sir launcelot ranne atte bore with his spere / & ther with the bore torned hym nemly
*2011 , James Smart, The Guardian , 12 March:
*:As the novel progresses, he is shot in the hand with his own gun, shot in the arse with someone else's and lacerated by a prosthetic weed trimmer.
A stupid, mean or despicable person.
*2007 , Martin Harrison, The Judgement of Paris ,
*:“You're an arse',” Ellen said. ¶ “Please? You must like something about me …?” ¶ “I do. You're an '''arse'''. I just told you that. I feel comfy with you, because you're such an ' arse .”
*2007 , L. A. Wilson, The Silurian: Book One: The Fox and the Bear ,
*:He looked at me, was just about to call me an arse', when I told him, “You throw it too hard. Try and think of the javelin hitting the target before you throw it. Let it all go through your mind first, see it, feel it, then throw it.” ¶ “Good advice, you ' arse ,” he said and tried again.
*2011 , Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes ,
*:Felnigg. What a suppurating arse'. Look at him. ' Arse .
(slang) To be silly, act stupid or mess around.
* 1985 , Sam McAughtry, McAughtry's War ,
* 2005 , ,
* 2011 , Jaine Fenn, Bringer of Light ,
(slang) To make, to bother.
* 2008', Lynn Broadbent, Infinite Ideas Staff, ''
* 2008 , Guy Cullen, Loose Ends ,
* 2011 , Ray Banks. Beast of Burden ,
As nouns the difference between nose and arse
is that nose is a protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell while arse is the buttocks or more specifically, the anus.As verbs the difference between nose and arse
is that nose is to move cautiously while arse is to be silly, act stupid or mess around.As an abbreviation ARSE is
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English
(wikipedia nose)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.
- We submerged very slowly and without headway more than sufficient to keep her nose in the right direction, and as we went down, I saw outlined ahead of us the black opening in the great cliff.
- We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* aquiline nose * bignose * bloody nose * blow one's nose * bottlenose * button nose * cut off one's nose to spite one's face * e-nose * * get up someone's nose * hawknose * in front of one's nose * I've got your nose * keep one's nose clean * look down one's nose * nasal * no skin off one's nose * nose candy * nose cap * nose cone * nose count * nose flute * nose job * nose out of joint * nose pad * nose-pick * nose poke * nose ring * nose test * nose to tail * nose to the grindstone * nosebag * noseband * nosebleed * nosed * nosedive * noseful * noseguard * noseless * noselike * nosepiece * noseplug * nosering * noseshot * noseweight * nosewheel * on the nose * parson's nose * pay through the nose * pick one's nose * plain as the nose on one's face * pope's nose * powder one's nose * pug nose * Red Nose Day * Roman nose * runny nose * snub-nose * socked on the nose * stick one's nose into * the nose knows * thumb one's nose * turn up one's nose * under one's nose * wax-nose * white nose syndromeSee also
* rhino-Verb
(nos)- The ship nosed through the minefield.
- She was nosing around other people’s business.
- If you find him not within
- this month, you shall nose him as you go up the
- stairs into the lobby.
- lambs nosing the mother's udder
- to nose a prayer
- (Cowley)
Derived terms
* brown-nose * nosey * nose outAnagrams
* * * * * * * 1000 English basic words ----arse
English
(wikipedia arse)Alternative forms
* ass (US)Noun
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Quotations
* (English Citations of "arse")Derived terms
(terms derived from arse) * do not know their arse from their elbow * arse bandit * arsehole * arseface * arsehat * arseman * arsey/arsy * arsing * duck's arse * duck-arsed * hang an arse (obsolete) * kick arse * kiss my arse * smart arse * tight-arseVerb
- Stop arsing around!
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- He was university material, just arsing' about as a rigger, ' arsing about, killing time with bohunks like me.
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- Pi, upset, roars, "Quit arsing around there and get cracking," and a dozen heads turn their way.
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- He was half-expecting a call from the lingua, telling him to stop arsing' around, but his com stayed silent, so it looked like a certain amount of ' arsing around was allowed.
- I can't be arsed to write that essay for tomorrow.
- I couldn't be arsed to write that essay for tomorrow.
Be '''Arsed: 365 Brilliant Ideas for Getting Off Your Backside and Living Life to the Full .
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- You can keep all the macho bollocks that goes with the job. I can't be arsed who thinks what of me to be perfectly honest and I have no time for those that are.
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- but here's the way you're supposed to run it: make out like it'll be a long, drawn out process, that you can't be arsed' and that they ''shouldn?t'' be ' arsed because it'll probably end up doing fuck all except getting a copper pissed off at them.
