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Atole vs Atone - What's the difference?

atole | atone |

As a noun atole

is a thick drink or thin gruel made from cornmeal.

As a verb atone is

to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime or a sin one has committed.

atole

English

Noun

(-)
  • A thick drink or thin gruel made from cornmeal
  • * {{quote-book, year=1851, author=Mayne Reid, title=The Scalp Hunters, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="Pan fino, pan bianco!" screams the baker; and other cries from the vendors of atole , huevos, and leche, are uttered in shrill, discordant voices. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2006, date=January 13, author=David Hammond, title=Beyond the Burrito, Part 2: Michoacan, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Since the days of the Tarascans, the corn-loving folks of Michoacan have enjoyed atole , a maize-based gruel flavored with chocolate, fruit, tamarind, or herbs. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 13, author=S. Kirk Walsh, title=Festivals With a Mexican Flair, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Visitors can learn to make their own tortillas or sample the traditional cornmeal drink atole . }}

    See also

    * (wikipedia "atole") ----

    atone

    English

    Verb

    (aton)
  • To make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime or a sin one has committed.
  • (proscribed) To clear (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

    • Synonyms

    * (to make reparation) expiate, propitiate

    Derived terms

    () * atonable * atoneable * atonement * atoner

    Anagrams

    * * English words prefixed with at- ----