Bruin vs. Grizzly

Bruinnoun

A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.

Grizzlyadjective

Grey-haired, greyish.

Bruinnoun

A bear; - so called in popular tales and fables.

Grizzlyadjective

misspelling of grisly

Bruinnoun

a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'

Grizzlynoun

A grizzly bear.

‘Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!’;

Bruinnoun

large ferocious bear of Eurasia

Grizzlynoun

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

Bruinnoun

a name for a bear, especially in children's fables.

Grizzlyadjective

Somewhat gray; grizzled.

‘Old squirrels that turn grizzly.’;

Grizzlynoun

A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a.

Grizzlynoun

In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.

Grizzlynoun

powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

Grizzlyadjective

showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair;

‘whose beard with age is hoar’; ‘nodded his hoary head’;