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Ailed vs Hailed - What's the difference?

ailed | hailed |

As verbs the difference between ailed and hailed

is that ailed is (ail) while hailed is (hail).

ailed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ail)

    • Anagrams

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    ail

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (obsolete) Painful; troublesome.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
    • Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.
  • * Bible, Genesis xxi. 17
    • What aileth thee, Hagar?
  • * 2011 , "Connubial bliss in America", The Economist :
    • 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?
  • To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
  • * Richardson
    • When he ails ever so little he is so peevish.
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "ail")

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ailment; trouble; illness.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The awn of barley or other types of corn.

    • Anagrams

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    hailed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hail)

    • Anagrams

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    hail

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) haile, hail, from (etyl) ). Root-cognates outside of Germanic include (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
    • Derived terms
    * hailstone * hail storm / hailstorm * hail shaft / hailshaft

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (impersonal) Said of the weather when hail is falling.
    • They say it's going to hail tomorrow.
  • to send or release hail
    • The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes .

    Etymology 2

    The adjective hail is a variant of (from the early 13th century). The transitive verb with the meaning "to salute" is also from the 13th century. The cognate verb heal is already Old English (. Also cognate is whole, from Old English (the spelling with wh- is unetymological, introduced in the 15th century).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to greet; give salutation to; salute.
  • To name; to designate; to call.
  • * Milton
    • And such a son as all men hailed me happy.
    He was hailed as a hero.
  • to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
    • Hail a taxi.
    Derived terms
    * hailer * hail from

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.

    • Interjection

    (en-intj)
  • An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Hail , brave friend.
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