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Aval vs Naval - What's the difference?

aval | naval |

As adjectives the difference between aval and naval

is that aval is (rare) of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent while naval is (nautical) of or relating to a navy.

As a noun aval

is (finance) a financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.

aval

English

(wikipedia aval)

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (finance) A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
  • References
    * aval,'' in ''Investopedia .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rare) Of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent.
  • * 1973 , , Twentieth-Century Indonesia , Columbia University Press (1973), ISBN 0231035470, page 299:
  • Sosrodihardjo found it hard to support his children, and the young Sukarno was sent to stay with his grandmother Believing that the boy had supernatural powers of healing, she put him to licking the afflicted parts of ailing villagers, and decided that he would be a clairvoyant. But alas for aval ambitions; Sukarno turned out to be a visionary of quite a different sort.
    Synonyms
    * grandparental
    Hyponyms
    * (grandfather) grandfatherly, grandpaternal * (grandmother) grandmaternal, grandmotherly

    Anagrams

    * ----

    naval

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (nautical) Of or relating to a navy.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
  • , author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.}}