Snare vs X - What's the difference?
snare | x |
A trap made from a loop of wire, string, or leather.
(rare) A mental or psychological trap; usually in the phrase a snare and a delusion .
* Shakespeare
* 1719 ,
(veterinary) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
(music) A set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum to create a rattling sound.
(music) A snare drum.
to catch or hold, especially with a loop.
* Milton
* Shakespeare
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
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As a noun snare
is a trap made from a loop of wire, string, or leather.As a verb snare
is to catch or hold, especially with a loop.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.snare
English
Noun
(en noun)- If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, / Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee.
- ...and I had now lived two years under this uneasiness, which, indeed, made my life much less comfortable than it was before, as may be well imagined by any who know what it is to live in the constant snare of the fear of man.
Verb
(snar)- Lest that too heavenly form snare them.
- The mournful crocodile / With sorrow snares relenting passengers.