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Ale vs Alt - What's the difference?

ale | alt |

As an interjection ale

is let's go!, come on!.

As a noun alt is

a modifier key.

ale

English

Noun

  • An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
    • Note: The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all non-distilled malt liquors.
  • A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.

    • Synonyms

    * (liquor) beer (loosely), yill

    Derived terms

    () * alehouse * alewife * ginger ale * pale ale * real ale

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    alt

    English

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • A state of excitement, conveyed by a high-pitched voice.
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  • * {{quote-book, title=The Marrying Maid, author=, page=50, in=Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love, year=2011, passage=
    • That lady was in alt at Loxsleigh's high station and had spent the morning making inquiries of her friends, which also allowed her to spread the word about her interesting new acquaintance. citation
  • (knitting)
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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet, multi-user dungeon) One of a player's alternate or secondary characters.
  • * 1996 , "Jonobie D. Baker", Survey of MUSHers.'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.mud.tiny )
    • Of these alts , how many of them are a gender other than your own?
  • * 2000 , "KaVir", Code Bases - why release buggy crap?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.mud )
    • Yes, I have many alts , and no, none of the others have any unusual capitalisation.

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