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Passe vs Sasse - What's the difference?

passe | sasse |

As nouns the difference between passe and sasse

is that passe is while sasse is owner, inhabitant or sasse can be a low burrow in which hares rest and hide themselves.

passe

English

Alternative forms

* passe

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (colloquial) dated; out of style; old-fashioned
  • * We'll paint the town blue 'cause, baby, red is so passé. - The Pierces
  • * I never thought you'd be a junkie, because heroin is so passé. - The Dandy Warhols
  • Past one's prime; worn; faded.

    • Usage notes

    As in French, is sometimes used for the feminine: "a passée belle".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (fencing) An attack that passes the target without hitting.

    • Anagrams

    * English borrowed terms ----

    sasse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable.
    • (Samuel Pepys)
    (Webster 1913) ----