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Hind vs. Rear — What's the Difference?

Hind vs. Rear — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Hind and Rear

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Hind

Located at or forming the back or rear; posterior
An animal's hind legs.
The hinder part of a steer.

Rear

A hind part.

Hind

A female red deer.

Rear

The point or area farthest from the front
The rear of the hall.

Hind

Any of various spotted groupers of the genus Epinephelus or various related fishes of the genus Cephalopholis.
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Rear

The part of a military deployment usually farthest from the fighting front.

Hind

Chiefly British A farm laborer, especially a skilled worker.

Rear

(Informal) The buttocks.

Hind

(Archaic) A country bumpkin; a rustic.

Rear

Of, at, or located in the rear.

Hind

Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).

Rear

To care for (children or a child) during the early stages of life; bring up. See Usage Note at raise.

Hind

Backward; to the rear.

Rear

To tend (growing plants or animals).

Hind

A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.

Rear

To build; erect.

Hind

A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus.

Rear

(Archaic) To lift upright; raise.

Hind

(archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.

Rear

To rise on the hind legs, as a horse.

Hind

The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.

Rear

To rise high in the air; tower.

Hind

A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as Epinephelus apua of Bermuda, and Epinephelus Drummond-hayi of Florida; - called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.

Rear

(transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.

Hind

A domestic; a servant.

Rear

To breed and raise.
The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years.

Hind

A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant.
The hind, that homeward driving the slow steerTells how man's daily work goes forward here.

Rear

(intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs
The horse was shocked, and thus reared.

Hind

In the rear; - opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.

Rear

To get angry.

Hind

Any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers

Rear

(intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.

Hind

Female red deer

Rear

To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
The monster slowly reared its head.

Hind

Located at or near the back of an animal;
Back (or hind) legs
The hinder part of a carcass

Rear

To construct by building; to set up
To rear defenses or houses
To rear one government on the ruins of another.

Rear

To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.

Rear

To lift and take up.

Rear

To rouse; to strip up.

Rear

To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.

Rear

To sodomize perform anal sex

Rear

(transitive) To move; stir.

Rear

To carve.
Rear that goose!

Rear

(regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)

Rear

Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost
The rear rank of a company
Sit in the rear seats of a car

Rear

(of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.

Rear

(of meats) Rare.

Rear

Early; soon

Rear

The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.

Rear

(military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.

Rear

(anatomy) The buttocks or bottom.

Rear

Early; soon.
Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear?

Rear

The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; - opposed to front.
Nipped with the lagging rear of winter's frost.

Rear

Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear.

Rear

Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.

Rear

To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.

Rear

To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.
In adoration at his feet I fellSubmiss; he reared me.
It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts.
Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner.

Rear

To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another.
One reared a font of stone.

Rear

To lift and take up.
And having her from Trompart lightly reared,Upon his courser set the lovely load.

Rear

To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.
He wants a father to protect his youth,And rear him up to virtue.

Rear

To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.

Rear

To rouse; to stir up.
And seeks the tusky boar to rear.

Rear

To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.

Rear

The back of a military formation or procession;
Infantrymen were in the rear

Rear

The side of an object that is opposite its front;
His room was toward the rear of the hotel

Rear

The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer;
He stood at the back of the stage
It was hidden in the rear of the store

Rear

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

Rear

The side that goes last or is not normally seen;
He wrote the date on the back of the photograph

Rear

Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds;
The horse reared in terror

Rear

Bring up;
Raise a family
Bring up children

Rear

Rise up;
The building rose before them

Rear

Cause to rise up

Rear

Construct, build, or erect;
Raise a barn

Rear

Located in or toward the back or rear;
The chair's rear legs
The rear door of the plane
On the rearward side

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