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Reindeer vs Skunk - What's the difference?

reindeer | skunk |

As nouns the difference between reindeer and skunk

is that reindeer is an arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species rangifer tarandus , with a number of subspecies while skunk is skunk (animal).

reindeer

English

(wikipedia reindeer) (Rangifer tarandus)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus , with a number of subspecies.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=Nancy Langston , title=Mining the Boreal North , volume=101, issue=2, page=98 , magazine= citation , passage=Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.}}

    Hyponyms

    * caribou

    Derived terms

    * arctic reindeer * Finnish forest reindeer * mountain reindeer * Siberian forest reindeer * Siberian reindeer * Svalbard reindeer * wild reindeer

    skunk

    English

    (wikipedia skunk)

    Etymology 1

    At first spelt squunck, from the (etyl) name for the animal, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.
  • (slang) A despicable person.
  • (slang) A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout.
  • (cribbage) A win by 30 or more points.
    • Derived terms
    * drunk as a skunk * skunky

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
    • I skunked him at cards.
    We fished all day but the lake skunked us.
  • (cribbage) To win by 30 or more points.
  • to go bad, to spoil

    • See also

    * Mephitidae * Mephitis * * * polecat

    Etymology 2

    , influenced by the animal (Etymology 1).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.
  • * 2006 , Pam Nilan, Carles Feixa, Global Youth?: Hybrid Identities, Plural Worlds (page 192)
    • In the early 1980s, certain ex-punks joined them, becoming 'skunks' – a hybrid subculture of skinheads and punks.
  • * 2011 , Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged

    • Etymology 3

    From

    Noun

  • (slang) (marijuana).
  • Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa'' and ''Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish.
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