different between harps vs harpy

English

Noun

harps

1. plural of harp

Verb

harps

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harp

Anagrams

• Sharp, Spahr, sharp, shrap

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle French harpie, from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (Hárpuia, literally “snatcher”), from ?????? (harpáz?, “I snatch, seize”). Compare rapacious. Middle English had arpie.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h??pi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??pi/
• Rhymes: -??(r)pi
• Hyphenation: har?py

Noun

harpy (plural harpies)

1. A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on hers hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
2. A shrewish woman.
3. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
   • c. 1772, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury

     The harpies about me all pocket the pool.

4. The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
5. A large and powerful double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Harpia harpyja).

Synonyms

• (shrewish woman): See Thesaurus:shrew

Derived terms

• harpy bat
• harpy fly
• harpy eagle

Translations

See also

• harridan

Turkmen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?rp?/

Noun

harpy

1. definite accusative of harp