Age vs Axe - What's the difference?
age | axe |
The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
(uncountable) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part.
(uncountable) The latter part of life; an advanced period of life, eld; seniority; state of being old.
(countable) One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
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, title= (uncountable) Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
(countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
(countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (countable) A great period in the history of the Earth.
(countable) A century; the period of one hundred years.
The people who live at a particular period.
(countable) A generation.
(countable, hyperbole) A long time.
To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
(figuratively) To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
(accounting) To categorize by age.
To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
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, title= A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
(informal) A dismissal or rejection.
* 1975 , (Bob Dylan), (Tangled Up in Blue)
(slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
(finance) A directional position or interest, by a dealer in a financial market – if one wishes to unload stock, one is “axed to sell” or “has an axe”.
To fell or chop with an axe.
To terminate or reduce tremendously in a rough or ruthless manner.
To lay off: to terminate a person's employment
To furnish with an axle.
(obsolete, or, dialectal)
* 1395 , John Wycliffe, trans. Bible , 1 Corinthis 14:35:
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke IIi:
English terms with multiple etymologies
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As proper nouns the difference between age and axe
is that age is while axe is axis (world war two nation group).age
English
Noun
(en noun)Finland spreads word on schools, passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age' seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the ' age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}
Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices). It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber.}}
Synonyms
* (latter part of life) dotage, old age, eldDerived terms
* act one's age * age before beauty * aged * ageism * age discrimination * age distribution * age group * ageist * ageless * age limit * agelong * Age of Aquarius * age of consent * Age of Enlightenment * age of majority * Age of Reason * age-old * age rating * age-reversal * ages * age spot * ageing, aging * all ages * atomic age/Atomic Age * bone age * Bronze Age * come of age/coming of age * coon's age * dark age/Dark Ages * day and age/in this day and age * drinking age * emotional age * for the ages * full age * golden age * heroic age * ice age * Industrial Age * Iron Age * jazz age * legal age * mental age * Middle Ages * New Age * new-age * nuclear age * of age * old-age * prehistoric age * school age * silver age * space age/space-age * Stone Age * teenage, teenager * under age/underage * voting age * youth-on-ageVerb
- They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age for all that.
- I am aging ; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-coloured, hair here and there.
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Stents to Prevent Stroke, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=As we age , the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.}}
See also
* *Statistics
*External links
* *axe
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) , and also (etyl) (m).Alternative forms
* ax (largely US)Noun
(en noun)- His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe .
- I had a job in the great North Woods
- Workin' as a cook for a spell.
- But I never did like it all that much
- And one day the axe just fell.
Shedding the correlation ‘axe’, Risk magazine Derived from “have an axe to grind”, which is also used.
Usage notes
In the United States, this spelling is often used to distinguish the weapon from the tool, though some simply don't use the "ax" spelling at all, and only use "axe".Synonyms
* chop, pink slip, sack, bootDerived terms
* have an axe to grind * battle axe * axemanSee also
* adze * hatchet * twibillVerb
(ax)- The government announced its plans to axe public spending.
- The broadcaster axed the series because far less people than expected watched it.
- He got axed in the last round of firings.
Synonyms
* (lay off) fire, lay off, downsizeEtymology 2
Alternative forms
* (US)Verb
(ax)Etymology 3
Verb
(ax)- But if thei wolen ony thing lerne, at home axe thei her hosebondis; for it is foule thing to a womman to speke in chirche.
- And the people axed hym, sayinge: What shall we do then.