Shrew vs Xantippe - What's the difference?
shrew | xantippe |
Any of numerous small mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
As nouns the difference between shrew and xantippe
is that shrew is any of numerous small mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family soricidae while xantippe is .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.