Ail vs Kail - What's the difference?
ail | kail |
(obsolete) Painful; troublesome.
To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
* Bible, Genesis xxi. 17
* 2011 , "Connubial bliss in America", The Economist :
To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
* Richardson
(Scotland, archaic) Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.
A broth made with kale or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.
As nouns the difference between ail and kail
is that ail is an ailment; trouble; illness while kail is alternative form of kale.As an adjective ail
is painful; troublesome.As a verb ail
is to cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions..ail
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.
- What aileth thee, Hagar?
- Not content with having in 1996 put a Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) on the statue book, Congress has now begun to hold hearings on a Respect for Marriage Act. Defended, respected: what could possibly ail marriage in America?
- When he ails ever so little he is so peevish.