Whelped vs Birthday - What's the difference?
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(whelp)
A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
(derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.
* Addison
(obsolete) A kind of ship.
One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket, def. 2; cog, def. 1).
(ambitransitive) To give birth.
The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
* 1867 , , Chapter 2: Treats Of Oliver Twist's Growth, Education, And Board,
* 1903', '', The Fifth Surprise: The Monarch Celebrates His ' Birthday ,
* 1906 , , Chapter 9: The pride of Perks,
* (editor), Diary of Cotton Mather , Volume 1: 1681-1708, footnote,
* 1921 June 4, ,
The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate' or '''date of birth .
As a verb whelped
is (whelp).As a noun birthday is
the anniversary of the day on which someone is born.whelped
English
Verb
(head)whelp
English
Noun
(en noun)- That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance.
Derived terms
* fox whelp, fox-whelp, fox's whelp (foxling) * (Newfoundland) (l) * whelpling * wolf whelp, wolf-whelp, wolf's whelpSee also
* Guelf, Guelph * (l) * (l) * (l)Verb
(en verb)- The bitch whelped .
- The she-wolf whelped a large litter of cubs.
References
birthday
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(wikipedia birthday)Noun
(en noun)- Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference.
- One of the Wise Men said the King was born in February; another declared it was in May, and a third figured the great event happened in October. So the King issued a royal decree that he should have three birthdays' every year, in order to be on the safe side; and whenever he happened to think of it he put in an odd ' birthday or two for luck.
- "And we thought we'd make a nice birthday for him. He's been so awfully jolly decent to us, you know, Mother," said Peter, "and we agreed that next bun-day we'd ask you if we could."
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- It was his custom to begin a new year's record on February 12, his birthday .
- The King's Birthday , which occurred yesterday, will be officially observed to-day, and the customary list of honours conferred on the occasion is published.