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Noose vs Nouse - What's the difference?

noose | nouse |

As nouns the difference between noose and nouse

is that noose is an adjustable loop of rope, e.g. the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso while nouse is a form of computer mouse operated with the nose.

As a verb noose

is to tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

noose

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An adjustable loop of rope, e.g. the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

    • Derived terms

    * hangman's noose

    Verb

    (noos)
  • To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

    • Anagrams

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    nouse

    English

    Noun

  • (neologism) A form of computer mouse operated with the nose.
  • * 2007 , Kerry Maxwell, Brave New Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the 21st Century (page 128)
    • Our noses are no longer just for smelling things, but can be used for moving things too in operating a nouse , a device which has the same pointing function as a computer mouse but is controlled by movements of the nose.
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