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Wolverine vs Sabre - What's the difference?

wolverine | sabre |

As nouns the difference between wolverine and sabre

is that wolverine is a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family, Gulo gulo while sabre is a light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.

As a verb sabre is

to hit or kill with a sabre.

wolverine

English

Alternative forms

* wolverene

Noun

(en noun)
  • A solitary, fierce member of the weasel family, Gulo gulo .
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter IV
  • *:“Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “ I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine . … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.”
  • # A male wolverine, (a female wolverine being called an angeline).

    • Synonyms

    * (animal) Gulo gulo , carcajou, skunk bear, glutton, quickhatch

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Gulo gulo)

    sabre

    English

    (wikipedia sabre)

    Alternative forms

    * (chiefly US) saber

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
  • (UK, Canada, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

    • Usage notes

    This spelling has become relatively common in the United States due to the hockey team as well as the occasional tendency to use British spellings for archaic nouns (compare theater versus theatre).

    Verb

    (sabr)
  • (UK, Canada, transitive) To hit or kill with a sabre.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "sabre")

    See also

    * sabrer * sabreur

    Anagrams

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