Ze vs The - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between ze and the

is that ze is zee/zed while the is tea (variant of : ).

ze

English

Etymology 1

Article

(head)

* 1992 , Tristan Jones, Adrift , page 257:

Then one French-American sous-chef, still in his white kitchen gear, climbed down from the cockpit, where he had been inspecting the cabin, peering inside, murmuring, "wonderfool–wonderfool, ze workmansheep!"

Etymology 2

Pronoun

(English Pronouns)

(neologism) they (singular).

* {{quote-book

, year = 1996 , month = June , title = Nearly Roadkill: an Infobahn erotic adventure , first = Caitlin , last = Sullivan , coauthors = , publisher = Serpent's Tail , location = New York , isbn = 978-1852424183 , id = , lccn = 95072971 , ol = 820831M , page = 10 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=QV5bAAAAMAAJ , passage = But I do know what sex ze' is. It used to influence me. But now I talk to hir like a normal person. I mean, without thinking about what ' ze is.}}

* {{quote-book

, date = 1997-12-18 , title = My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely , first = Kate , last = Bornstein , authorlink = Kate Bornstein , publisher = Routledge , location = London, New York , isbn = 978-0415916738 , id = , lccn = 98134184 , ol = 7495768M , page = 130 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=NjH32xMTu7kC&pg=PA130 , passage = A case in point is Tula, a transgendered woman who for years lived well as a model and actress until ze was outed in both national and international media.}}

* {{quote-book

, date = 2006-03-22 , title = Drag King Dreams , first = Leslie , last = Feinberg , publisher = Carroll & Graf , location = New York , isbn = 978-0786717637 , id = , lccn = 2006297545 , ol = 17890120M , page = 205 , passage = Ze'' takes my right hand in ''hirs and folds it into a fist.}}

* {{quote-book

, date = 2010-10-12 , title = The Girl Must Die: A Monster Girl Memoir , first = Erika , last = Lopez , others = Hicken, Jeffrey , publisher = Monster Girl Media , location = San Francisco , isbn = 978-0984401406 , lccn = 21010902427 , page = 143 , passage = Ze changed hir name to one of those New Testament names, and re-fashioned hirself into a soft, puffy, half-finished hermaphrodite nicknamed, The Pop n' Fresh Doe.}}

* {{quote-book

, date = 2011-03-15 , title = Up Against It , first = M. J. , last = Locke , publisher = Tor , location = New York , isbn = 978-0765315151 , id = , lccn = 2010036538 , ol = 24494916M , page = 361 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=dTtZ4GPU6z0C&pg=PA361 , passage = Hir face was implacable, but ze dashed away in tears.}}

Synonyms

* (singular) they * (neologism) e, ey, sie

Hyponyms

* he, she

Usage notes

* The genderqueer community are the primary proponents of ze''. One refers to a person with ''ze and (hir) typically (a) when their gender is unknown, and one wishes to avoid assuming their gender, or (b) when they are neither male nor female in gender, making (he) and (she) (and also either/or terms like ) inappropriate and potentially hurtful.

Anagrams

* English third person pronouns ----

the

English

Alternative forms

* e (archaic): variant spelling of the . * (archaic) * da, teh, le (informal) * t' (Northern England)

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Article

(head)

I’m reading the''' book.'' (Compare ''I’m reading '''a book. )

The''' street in front of your house.'' (Compare '''''A street in Paris. )

The''' men and women watched '''the''' man give '''the''' birdseed to '''the bird.

Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.

No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.

God save the Queen!

That apple pie was the best.

* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, page 536:

Stern and God-fearing, the Afrikaner takes his religion seriously.

Feed the''' hungry, clothe '''the''' naked, comfort '''the''' afflicted, and afflict '''the comfortable.

Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is most usually of concern, or most common or familiar.

No one in the whole country had seen it before.

I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.

A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)

That is'' the ''hospital to go to for heart surgery.

* {{quote-news, year=2012

, date=May 27 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992) , work=The Onion AV Club , url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/new-kid-on-the-block,75341/ , page= , passage=“New Kid On The Block” doubles as a terrific showcase for the Sea Captain who, in the grand tradition of Simpsons supporting characters, quickly goes from being a stereotype to an archetype, from being a crusty sea-captain character to the crusty sea-captain character.}}

Quotations

* (English Citations of "the")

Usage notes

The word the precedes proper nouns in a number of cases, although most proper nouns use no article. There are always exceptions. See also for more information. ; Countries ** As a general rule, country names are not preceded by the . There are a few exceptions, most of which are pluralised: * The Netherlands * The Bahamas * The Solomon Islands * The Maldives * The Seychelles * The Philippines * The Yemen (can also be used without an article) * The Sudan (can also be used without an article) * The Ukraine (article dropped since 1991) * The Lebanon (usually used without the article) ** Names of countries containing specifications like kingdom', '''republic etc are used with ''the : * The United States * The United Kingdom * The United Arab Emirates * The Czech Republic ; Place names ** Some place names use a definite article * All oceans (The Atlantic Ocean, The Pacific Ocean) * All seas (The Red Sea, The Bering Sea, The Caribbean Sea), and straits (The Strait of Magellan, the Bering Strait, The Bosphorus) * All rivers (The Amazon, The Nile, The Mississippi, The Seine, The Yangtze), canals (The Panama Canal, The Suez Canal) and deltas (The Nile Delta, The Orinoco Delta, The Colorado River Delta) * All art galleries (The Tate, The Louvre, The Smithsonian American Art Museum), all museums with the word museum in the name (The National Museum of Natural History, The British Museums) * Most English-language newspapers (The New York Times, The Guardian, The Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal) ; Bands ** Musical bands with a plural name are generally used with the : * The Beatles * The Rolling Stones ; Universities ** University names beginning with the word "University", and some other university names, are used with the : * The University of North Carolina * The Ohio State University * When used before an adjective which is not followed by a noun, it may refer to a group of people for which the adjective is appropriate: ** the Scottish = Scots ** the rich = rich people (considered as a group)

Derived terms

* nevertheless * nonetheless * the heck * the hell * the man * the one

Etymology 2

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Adverb

(-)

With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.

The''' hotter, '''the better.

The''' more I think about it, '''the weaker it looks.

The''' more money donated, '''the''' more books purchased, and '''the more happy children.

It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.

It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.

It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.

I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.

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Anagrams

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