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Ailed vs Tiled - What's the difference?

ailed | tiled |

As verbs the difference between ailed and tiled

is that ailed is (ail) while tiled is (tile).

As an adjective tiled is

constructed from, or decorated with tiles.

ailed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ail)

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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.

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    tiled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tile)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Constructed from, or decorated with tiles

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