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Stoat vs Sable - What's the difference?

stoat | sable |

As nouns the difference between stoat and sable

is that stoat is species: Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip while sable is a small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur (Wikipedia).

As an adjective sable is

of the black colour sable.

stoat

English

(wikipedia stoat)

Noun

(en noun)
  • , the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.
  • * 1886 , Transactions of the Edinburgh Naturalists' Field Club , Volume 1, page 135,
    • I have never seen Stoats' hunt in packs, but it is certain both Weasels and ' Stoats do so.
  • * 2003 , John Long, Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution and Influence , page 272,
    • In 1953 it was reported that the stoat had increased to a high population level, but that the weasel introduced at the same time had disappeared (de Vos et al. 1956).
  • * 2005 , T. C. R. White, Why Does the World Stay Green?: Nutrition and Survival of Plant-eaters , page 91,
    • European stoats were long ago introduced to New Zealand (along with ferrets and weasels!) in the mistaken belief that they would control the burgeoning populations of introduced rabbits.

    Synonyms

    * (Mustela erminea) ermine (especially when in white winter coat), short-tailed weasel (US)

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    sable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (in heraldic contexts)

    Noun

  • A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina , from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur ().
  • The marten, especially .
  • The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
  • *1928 , (Virginia Woolf),
  • *:Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables .
  • An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable ().
  • (lb) A black colour on a coat of arms.
  • A black colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
  • :
  • Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
  • *(rfdate) Young
  • *:Sables wove by destiny.
  • *
  • *:a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables , radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil!  You!   Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

    • Derived terms

    * sable antelope * sablefish * sable iron * sable mouse

    Related terms

    * zibeline

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of the black colour sable.
  • * (rfdate) Young
    • Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, / In rayless majesty, now stretches forth / Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
  • * 2002 , , chapter 3
    • They wound between the wagons to a tent removed from the rest of the traders'. It was crimson at the top and sable at the bottom, with thin triangles of colors stabbing into each other.
  • (tincture): In blazon, of the colour black.
  • Made of sable fur.
  • Dark, somber.
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    • See also

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    References

    * Random House Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1987.

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