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What is the difference between aisle and ile?

aisle | ile |

As nouns the difference between aisle and ile

is that aisle is a wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers while ile is ear of corn.

As a contraction ile is

i’ll; contraction for I will or I shall.

aisle

English

Noun

(wikipedia aisle) (en noun)
  • A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
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    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=20 citation , passage=Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.}}
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  • A clear path through rows of seating.
  • A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.
  • Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.

    • Synonyms

    * (path senses) isle

    Derived terms

    * aisled * cross the aisle * roll in the aisles

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    ile

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (head)
  • (obsolete) Ear of corn.
    • (Ainsworth)

    Etymology 2

    See aisle.

    Noun

    (head)
  • (obsolete) An aisle.

    • Etymology 3

    See isle

    Noun

    (head)
  • (obsolete) An isle.
    • (Geoffrey Chaucer)

    Etymology 4

    See I'll

    Contraction

    (head)
  • (archaic) I’ll; contraction for I will or I shall
  • * "Why then Ile fit you." — T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land

    • Anagrams

    * * * English terms with multiple etymologies ----