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Alate vs Palate - What's the difference?

alate | palate |

As nouns the difference between alate and palate

is that alate is a winged, reproductive form of several social insects while palate is (anatomy) the roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.

As an adjective alate

is (entomology|botany) having winglike extensions or parts; winged.

As an adverb alate

is (archaic) recently; lately; of late.

As a verb palate is

(nonstandard) to relish; to find palatable.

alate

English

(wikipedia alate)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (entomology, botany) Having winglike extensions or parts; winged.
    • Synonyms
    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A winged, reproductive form of several social insects.

    • Etymology 2

    .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic) recently; lately; of late.
    • There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. — Latimer.
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    palate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
  • The sense of taste.
  • (figuratively) relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.
  • (figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.
  • (botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

    • Derived terms

    * palatable * palatal * palatally * hard palate * soft palate

    Verb

    (palat)
  • (nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
  • * Wired [http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/film-culturomics/]
    • "If it’s way out there, it’s hard to palate ," said Sreenivasan.

    Anagrams

    * English terms derived from Etruscan ----