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Axel vs Axil - What's the difference?

axel | axil |

As nouns the difference between axel and axil

is that axel is a jump with one (or more) and a half turns in the air while axil is the angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

As a proper noun Axel

is a given name derived from Germanic in quiet use since the 19th century.

axel

English

(wikipedia axel)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (figure skating) A jump with one (or more) and a half turns in the air.

    • Anagrams

    * English eponyms ----

    axil

    English

    (wikipedia axil)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

    • Synonyms

    * axilla

    Related terms

    * axillar * axillary

    See also

    * axile

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