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miss vs gamine

gamine vs miss

miss and gamine both are nouns.

miss is a verb but gamine is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
miss Yes No Yes No
gamine Yes No No No
As nouns, gamine is a hyponym of miss; that is, gamine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than miss:
  • miss: a young female
  • gamine: a girl of impish appeal
miss (noun) gamine (noun)
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) a girl of impish appeal
a young female a homeless girl who roams the streets
miss (verb) gamine (verb)
leave undone or leave out
fail to experience
fail to reach
feel or suffer from the lack of
fail to reach or get to
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
be without
fail to attend an event or activity
be absent
Difference between miss and gamine

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