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Orison vs Grison - What's the difference?

orison | grison |

As nouns the difference between orison and grison

is that orison is a prayer while grison is a small, south american carnivorous mammal, of the genus , somewhat resembling a weasel.

orison

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A prayer.
  • * , act 3, scene 1, lines 88–89:
    • The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
    Be all my sins remember’d.
  • * 1917,
    •   Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
    Can patter out their hasty orisons .

    Related terms

    * orate * oration

    grison

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, South American carnivorous mammal, of the genus , somewhat resembling a weasel.

    • Hyponyms

    * (greater grison) () * (lesser grison) ()

    External links

    * ("grison" on Wikipedia) * (Galictis) * (Galictis)

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