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Aka vs Eke - What's the difference?

aka | eke |

As a proper noun aka

is any of two lakes in alaska.

As a noun eke is

.

aka

English

Alternative forms

* , aka

Preposition

(English prepositions)
    • That man by the bar is Frank, AKA "the lady killer."

    See also

    * FKA * PKA

    Anagrams

    * English three-letter words

    eke

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (ek)
  • To increase; to add to, augment, lengthen.
  • *
    • Here endlesse penance for one fault I pay, / But that redoubled crime with vengeance new / Thou biddest me to eeke ?
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date=2012-07-11 , year= , first= , last= , author=Ben Perry , authorlink= , title=Branson's spaceship steals the spotlight at airshow , site=Yahoo News citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-07-12 , passage=British tycoon Richard Branson stole the show here Wednesday, announcing that he and his family would be on Virgin Galactic's first trip into space, as Airbus and Boeing eked out more plane orders. }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An addition.
  • * Geddes
    • Clumsy ekes that may well be spared.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (beekeeping, archaic) A very small addition to the bottom of a beehive, often merely of a few bands of straw, on which the hive is raised temporarily.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Also.
  • * 1663 ,
    • 'Tis false: for Arthur wore in hall / Round-table like a farthingal, / On which, with shirt pull'd out behind, / And eke before, his good knights dined.
  • * 1782 ,
    • 'John Gilpin was a citizen / of credit and renown / A train-band captain eke was he / of famous London town.'

    See also

    * eke out

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----