Muse vs. Mouse

Musenoun

A source of inspiration.

Musenoun

(archaic) A poet; a bard.

Musenoun

An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.

Musenoun

A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

Museverb

(intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder.

Museverb

(transitive) To say (something) with due consideration or thought.

Museverb

(transitive) To think on; to meditate on.

Museverb

(transitive) To wonder at.

Musenoun

A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

Musenoun

One of the nine goddesses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; - often used in the plural. At one time certain other goddesses were considered as muses.

Musenoun

A particular power and practice of poetry; the inspirational genius of a poet.

Musenoun

A poet; a bard.

Musenoun

Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.

Musenoun

Wonder, or admiration.

Museverb

To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.

Museverb

To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study.

Museverb

To wonder.

Museverb

To think on; to meditate on.

Museverb

To wonder at.

Musenoun

in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science

Musenoun

the source of an artist's inspiration;

Museverb

reflect deeply on a subject;

Mousenoun

Any small rodent of the genus Mus.

Mousenoun

(informal) A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.

Mousenoun

A quiet or shy person.

Mousenoun

(computing) (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.

Mousenoun

(boxing) Hematoma.

Mousenoun

(nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.

Mousenoun

(obsolete) A familiar term of endearment.

Mousenoun

A match used in firing guns or blasting.

Mousenoun

(set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).

Mousenoun

(historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.

Mouseverb

(intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).

Mouseverb

(intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.

Mouseverb

To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.

Mouseverb

To navigate by means of a computer mouse.

Mouseverb

To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

Mousenoun

Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridæ. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed mouse, or deer mouse (Peromyscus leucopus, formerly Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.

Mousenoun

A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.

Mousenoun

A familiar term of endearment.

Mousenoun

A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow.

Mousenoun

A match used in firing guns or blasting.

Mouseverb

To watch for and catch mice.

Mouseverb

To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something.

Mouseverb

To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

Mouseverb

To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See Mouse, n., 2.

Mousenoun

any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

Mousenoun

a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the mouse is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad;

Mouseverb

to go stealthily or furtively;

Mouseverb

manipulate the mouse of a computer

Mousenoun

a small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail.

Mousenoun

(in general use) any small mammal similar to a mouse, such as a shrew or vole.

Mousenoun

a shy, timid, and quiet person

Mousenoun

a dull light brown colour reminiscent of a mouse's fur

Mousenoun

a small handheld device which is moved across a mat or flat surface to move the cursor on a computer screen

Mousenoun

a lump or bruise on or near the eye

Mouseverb

(of a cat or owl) hunt for or catch mice

Mouseverb

prowl about as if searching

Mouseverb

use a mouse to move or position a cursor on a computer screen

Mouse

A mouse, plural mice, is a small rodent. Characteristically, mice are known to have a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail, and a high breeding rate.