Shrew vs Harpy - What's the difference?
shrew | harpy |
Any of numerous small mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture.
* Milton
A shrewish woman.
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One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
* Goldsmith
The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus ).
A large and powerful double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia ).
As nouns the difference between shrew and harpy
is that shrew is any of numerous small mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family soricidae while harpy is a fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture.As a verb shrew
is (obsolete|transitive) to beshrew; to curse.shrew
English
Noun
(en noun)- You'd better not stay out late tonight — your mother is quite a shrew and you'll never hear the end of it.
Synonyms
* (mouselike mammal) ranny (obsolete)Hyponyms
* (mouselike mammal) common shrewDerived terms
* elephant shrew * Etruscan shrew * hardishrew * jumping shrew * Nelson's small-eared shrew * shrew-run * shrewd * shrewish * tree shrewharpy
English
(wikipedia harpy)Noun
(harpies)- Both table and provisions vanished quite,
With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard.
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- The harpies about all pocket the pool.