different between gorse vs gorce

English

Etymology

From Middle English gorst, gors, from Old English gors, gorst, from Proto-West Germanic *gorst, from Proto-Germanic *gurstaz or Proto-West Germanic *gerstu (“barley”). Akin to German Gerste (“barley”) and Latin hordeum (“barley”). Also compare Proto-Indo-European *??er- (“to bristle”), whence Proto-Celtic *garwos.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: gôrs, IPA^(key): /???s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Noun

gorse (countable and uncountable, plural gorses)

1. Evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having spiny leaves and yellow flowers.

Synonyms

• furze, whin

Derived terms

• gorse bird (Linaria cannabina)
• gorse chat (Saxicola rubetra)
• gorse duck (Crex crex)
• gorse hatcher (Linaria cannabina)
• gorsy

Translations

Further reading

• Ulex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Geros, Goers, Grose, Regos, ergos, goers, gores, ogres, regos, roges, soger

English

Etymology

From Old French gort, nominative gorz (“gulf”), Latin gurges (“whirlpool, gulf, stream”). See gorge.

Noun

gorce (plural gorces)

1. (obsolete) A pool of water to keep fish in; a weir.

Anagrams

• Coger, Crego, Greco-, Groce, coger

Lower Sorbian

Noun

gorce

1. Superseded spelling of górce.