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Zee vs Zoo - What's the difference?

zee | zoo |

As nouns the difference between zee and zoo

is that zee is something Z-shaped. Found in compounds such as zee-bar.zoo is a park where live animals are exhibited.

As a verb zee

is to sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's..

As an article zee

is eye dialect of from=primarily French-accented lang=en.

zee

English

Etymology 1

1670s: variant of .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds such as zee-bar.
  • (colloquial) (usually plural ) Sleep (as in "get some zees").
    • See also
    *
    Synonyms
    * zed (UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) * izzard (Scotland, South Asia)

    See also

    * zeta

    Verb

  • (informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
  • (rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.

    • Etymology 2

    Article

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    zoo

    English

    (wikipedia zoo)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A park where live animals are exhibited.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.}}
  • (label) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.

    • Derived terms

    * like feeding time at the zoo * morning zoo * particle zoo * petting zoo * zoo format

    Related terms

    * zoo- * zoologist * zoology