different between yearling vs dearling

English

Etymology

From Middle English yerling, yerlyng, equivalent to year +? -ling. Cognate with Dutch jaarling (“yearling”), German Jährling (“yearling”).

Noun

yearling (plural yearlings)

1. An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).

   a yearling lamb

2. A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st.
3. (US) A sophomore at West Point military academy.
   • 1910, H. Irving Hancock, Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point (page 84)

     "But is a plebe forbidden to stroll here?"
     "If a plebe did have the brass to try it," replied Anstey slowly, "I reckon he would have to fight the whole yearling class in turn."

Translations

Anagrams

• grayline, layering, re-laying, relaying

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jœ?.li?/, /ji?.li?/

Noun

yearling m (plural yearlings)

1. yearling

English

Etymology

Equivalent to dear +? -ling. More at darling.

Noun

dearling (plural dearlings)

1. Alternative form of darling
   • 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 18:

     'Twas not satiety bade me leave the dearling of my soul, / But that she sinned a mortal sin which clips me in its clip.

Anagrams

• Aldinger, Reginald, danglier, dragline, inlarged, relading