grizzly vs hoary

grizzly

adj
  • Grey-haired, greyish. 

  • Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way. 

noun
  • In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. 

  • A grizzly bear. 

hoary

adj
  • White or grey with age. 

  • Old or old-fashioned; trite. 

  • Covered with short, dense, greyish white hairs. 

  • Of a pale silvery grey. 

  • White, whitish, or greyish-white. 

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