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“Gorilla” or “Guerilla”

gorilla / guerilla are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

gorilla g·er·IH·l·ah

  • nounlargest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa.

guerilla g·er·IH·l·ah

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“gorilla”

  • In film, gorillas are often portrayed by actors
  • short story, "Mr. Columbus Coriander's Gorilla" appeared in Bret Harte's Overland
  • in search of a 50-foot gorilla.
  • nineteen-year-old leaving home, a talking gorilla in the swinging sixties, a
  • in the store, including a gorilla (Ape-Raham, restored Jan. - May
  • Savage and made up of Gorilla Grodd, Lady Vic, Red Panzer,
  • Gorilla suit
  • is present in human and gorilla but not in chimpanzee.
  • Primate of 1974: Magilla Gorilla
  • order a man in a gorilla suit.

“guerilla”

  • It report Guerilla The Fogata
  • an assistant author of The Guerilla Film Makers Movie Blueprint.
  • "Space Guerilla" by Missus Beastly
  • Air Force adopted the same guerilla tactics used by Finnish ground
  • bands of skirmishers, scouts and guerilla fighters on opportunistic missions to
  • "Jin is a young Kurdish guerilla, she has spent all her
  • Guerilla Nation
  • movie is about a Kurdish guerilla fighter who deserted her military
  • activity had him dubbed "fun guerilla" by the general public.
  • with no mention of the guerilla gigs, the internet, tattoos or

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