Muse vs. Mouse

To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in thought.

Any of numerous small rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae, such as the house mouse, characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.

To consider or say thoughtfully

Any of various similar or related animals, such as the jumping mouse, the vole, or the jerboa.

A state of reflection.

A cowardly or timid person.

Greek Mythology Any of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus, each of whom presided over a different art or science.

(Informal) A discolored swelling under the eye caused by a blow; a black eye.

A guiding spirit.

Pl. mice or mous·es (mousĭz) Computers A handheld, button-activated input device that when rolled along a flat surface directs an indicator to move correspondingly about a computer screen, allowing the operator to move the indicator freely, as to select operations or manipulate text or graphics.

A source of inspiration

To hunt mice.

Muse(Archaic) A poet.

To search furtively for something; prowl.

(of people) A source of inspiration.

Any small rodent of the genus Mus.

(archaic) A poet; a bard.

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

An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.

A quiet or shy person.

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

(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.

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

(computing) The cursor.

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

(boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.

(transitive) To think on; to meditate on.

(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.

(transitive) To wonder at.

(obsolete) A familiar term of endearment.

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

A match used in firing guns or blasting.

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.

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

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

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

A poet; a bard.

Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.

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

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

Wonder, or admiration.

(intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. 12

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

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

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.

To navigate by means of a computer mouse.

To wonder.

To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

To think on; to meditate on.

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.

To wonder at.

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

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

A familiar term of endearment.

The source of an artist's inspiration;

A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow.

Reflect deeply on a subject;

A match used in firing guns or blasting.

To watch for and catch mice.

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

To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

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

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;

To go stealthily or furtively;

Manipulate the mouse of a computer