The difference between Fox and Wolf
When used as nouns, fox means a red fox, small carnivore (vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail, whereas wolf means the gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (canis lupus) that are not or .
When used as verbs, fox means to trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity, whereas wolf means to devour.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fox and Wolf
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Fox as a noun:
A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
Examples:
"the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
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Fox as a noun:
Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).
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Fox as a noun:
The fur of a fox.
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Fox as a noun:
A fox terrier.
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Fox as a noun:
The , a fish, , so called from its yellow color.
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Fox as a noun:
A cunning person.
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Fox as a noun (slang):
A physically attractive man or woman.
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Fox as a noun (nautical):
A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
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Fox as a noun (mechanics):
A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
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Fox as a noun (cartomancy):
The fourteenth Lenormand card.
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Fox as a noun (obsolete):
A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
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Fox as a verb (transitive):
To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
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Fox as a verb (transitive):
To confuse or baffle (someone).
Examples:
"This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me."
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Fox as a verb (intransitive):
To act slyly or craftily.
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Fox as a verb (intransitive):
To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.
Examples:
"The pages of the book show distinct foxing."
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Fox as a verb (transitive):
To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
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Fox as a verb (intransitive):
To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
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Fox as a verb (transitive):
To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
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Fox as a verb (transitive):
To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
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Wolf as a noun:
The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not or .
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Wolf as a noun:
A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
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Wolf as a noun (music):
A wolf tone or wolf note.
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Wolf as a noun (figurative):
Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
Examples:
"They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door."
"the bee wolf'"
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Wolf as a noun:
One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
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Wolf as a noun:
A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
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Wolf as a noun (obsolete):
An eating ulcer or sore. See .
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Wolf as a noun:
A willying machine.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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Wolf as a verb (transitive):
To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
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Wolf as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
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Wolf as a verb (intransitive):
To hunt for wolves.