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Warg vs Ware - What's the difference?

warg | ware |

As nouns the difference between warg and ware

is that warg is a type of particularly wild or hostile wolf while ware is the state of being aware; heed.

As an adjective ware is

aware.

As a verb ware is

to beware of something.

As a proper noun Ware is

a town in Hertfordshire, England.

warg

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (fantasy fiction, mythology) A type of particularly wild or hostile wolf.
  • *1937 , , The Hobbit :
  • *:Every now and then all the Wargs in the circle would answer their grey chief all together [...].
  • * 1993 , "jbatka", Multiple colors for PC compatible'' (on newsgroup ''rec.hack )
    • My question is do all of the executable versions for PC compatibles have the color option enabled? If so, what am I missing to not get say yellow for a hill orc, grey for a goblin, white for my pet, red for a wolf, brown for a warg , etc?
  • *1999 , , A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 462:
  • *:He'd bought a ton of silver to forge magic swords that would slay the Stark wargs .
  • *2007 , Stephen O Glosecki, Myth in Northwest Europe :
  • *:The monsters are identified not as trolls, a word apparently not available in English at the time, but (among other things) as wargs , whatever that means; Grendel is called a heoro-wearh'' at line 1267 and his mother a ''grund-wyrgen at line 1518.

    • ware

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (poetic) aware
    • Usage notes
    Replaced by intensified form aware.
    Derived terms
    * beware

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
    • (Wyclif)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable, usually, in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
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  • (in the plural) See wares .
  • (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
    • damascene ware''', ''tole ' ware
  • (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
  • (Ireland) Crockery
    • Derived terms
    * (Corded Ware culture) * -ware

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) warian

    Verb

    (war)
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) To beware of something.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) wary; cautious
  • * Bible, 2 Tim. iv. 15
    • Of whom be thou ware also.
  • * Latimer
    • He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition.
    Derived terms
    * wary
    Related terms
    * ward

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) seaweed
    • Derived terms
    * ware goose

    Etymology 5

    Verb

    (war)
  • (nautical) To wear, or veer.

    • References

    (Webster 1913)

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