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Thorn vs Hurdle - What's the difference?

thorn | hurdle |

As a proper noun thorn

is for someone living near a thorn bush.

As a noun hurdle is

an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.

As a verb hurdle is

to jump over something while running.

thorn

English

(wikipedia thorn)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sharp protective spine of a plant.
  • Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns.
    • the white thorn'''; the cockspur '''thorn
  • (figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
  • * Bible, 2 Corinthians xii. 7
    • There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.
  • * South
    • The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares, / Be only mine.
  • A letter of the Latin alphabet (capital:'' Þ''', ''small:'' '''þ'''), borrowed by Old English from the futhark to represent a dental fricative, then not distinguished from eth, but in modern use (in Icelandic and other languages, but no longer in English) used only for the voiceless dental fricative found in English '' '''th igh
  • * See also Etymology of ye (definite article).

    • Derived terms

    * thorn apple * thorn broom * thornbush * thorn devil * thorn hopper * thorn in one's side * Thornton * thorny

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pierce with, or as if with, a
  • * {{quote-book, year=1869, author=, title=Old Town Folks citation
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  • * {{quote-book, year=2003, author=Scott D. Zachary, title=Scorn This, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=HELSK5JtSbMC&pg=PA175, page=175
    • , passage=Even Judge Bradley's callused sentiments were thorned by the narration of Jaclyn's journals.}}

    See also

    * eth, edh, * wynn, wen, *

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    hurdle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
  • (senseid)A perceived obstacle.
  • A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
  • * 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 4, p. 414.
    • The practice of folding sheep was general, and the purchase of hurdles was a regular charge in the shepherd's account.
  • (UK, obsolete) A sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • (lb)

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (hurdl)
  • To jump over something while running.
    • He hurdled the bench in his rush to get away.
  • To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
  • To overcome an obstacle.
  • To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
    • (Milton)
  • (lb)

    • Anagrams

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