Frog vs Description - What's the difference?
frog | description |
A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops
The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached
(Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad
The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick
An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood
The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof)
An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.
The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
To hunt or trap frogs.
To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt
An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of a button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop
To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs
To unravel (a knitted garment).
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
(biology) A scientific documentation of a specimen intended to reveal a new species by technically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.
As nouns the difference between frog and description
is that frog is a small tailless amphibian of the order anura that typically hops or frog can be (offensive) a french person or frog can be a leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt while description is a sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.As a verb frog
is to hunt or trap frogs or frog can be to ornament or fasten a coat, etc with frogs or frog can be to unravel (a knitted garment).frog
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), ).J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. "Jump" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 323. See also (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* frosh, frosk, frock * pad, paddock * (railway switch component) common crossingDerived terms
(Derived terms) * * * bush frog * clawed frog * common frog * Darwin's frog * disc-tongued frog * edible frog * * * fine as frog hair, finer than frog hair * Frog (metathesis: > Gorf) * frog belly * frogbit * frog chorus * frogeater, frog eater * frogeye * frogeyed * frog face * frogfish * frogged * froggery * frogging * froggish * froggy * Froggy * froghopper * a frog in one’s throat * frog kick * frog kingdom * frog legs * froglike * * frogly * frogman * frogmarch, frog-march * frogmouth * frog orchid * frogpond, frog pond * frog pose * The Frog Prince * Frog Prince * frog's-bit * frog's legs * frogspawn, frog spawn * frog spit * frog spittle * frog sticker * frogstool * ghost frog * glass frog * * Kermit the Frog (metathesis: > Kermit the Forg, Kermit the Gorf, Kermit the Grof) * The Leap-Frog * leapfrog, leap-frog * leapfrogged, leap-frogged * leapfrogging * leapfrog test, leap-frog test, leap frog test * litter frog * male frog test * * marsupial frog * moss frog * * painted frog * parsley frog * poison dart frog * * screeching frog * sedge frog * * shovelnose frog * tailed frog * tongueless frog * tree frog * Tukeit Hill frog * * true frogReferences
See also
* amphibian * * tadpole * toad *Verb
(frogg)Derived terms
* frog stitchEtymology 2
From (m), stereotypical food of the French. Compare , from (m), corresponding French term for English, likewise based on stereotypical food.Antonyms
* (French person) (l)References
*Etymology 3
.Noun
(en noun)Verb
(frogg)Etymology 4
Supposedly from sounding similar to "rip it".Verb
(frogg)description
English
(wikipedia description)Noun
(en noun)- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.