Wolf vs. Wolve

Wolf vs. Wolve — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Wolf and Wolve

Wolfnoun

The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs.

Wolveverb

To behave like a wolf.

Wolfnoun

A man who makes amorous advances to many women.

Wolveverb

Of an organ, to make a hollow whining sound like that of a wolf.

Wolfnoun

(music) A wolf tone or wolf note.

Wolfnoun

One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.

the bee wolf
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Wolfnoun

(figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.

They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.

Wolfnoun

A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

Wolfnoun

(obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.

Wolfnoun

A willying machine.

Wolfverb

(transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.

Wolfverb

To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.

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Wolfverb

(intransitive) To hunt for wolves.

Wolfnoun

any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

Wolfnoun

Austrian composer (1860-1903)

Wolfnoun

German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

Wolfnoun

a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

Wolfnoun

a cruelly rapacious person

Wolfverb

eat hastily;

The teenager wolfed down the pizza