Awes vs Akes - What's the difference?
awes | akes |
(awe)
A feeling of fear and reverence.
A feeling of amazement.
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To control by inspiring dread.
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As verbs the difference between awes and akes
is that awes is (awe) while akes is (ake).awes
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*awe
English
Noun
(-)- For several minutes no one spoke; I think they must each have been as overcome by awe as was I. All about us was a flora and fauna as strange and wonderful to us as might have been those upon a distant planet had we suddenly been miraculously transported through ether to an unknown world.
citation, passage=Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.}}
Derived terms
* awe-inspiring * awesome * awestruck * awfulVerb
(aw)Synonyms
* (inspire reverence) enthral, enthrall; overwhelmDerived terms
* awed * awesome * awe-inspiring * awfulAnagrams
* English three-letter words ----akes
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * *ake
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Etymology 1
Verb
(en-verb)Othello(Quarto 1), Shakespeare, 1622
citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=instead he went with the rogues to supper in an arbour, though it made his heart "ake " to listen to their mad talk. }}