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Axle vs Axel - What's the difference?

axle | axel |

Axle is a anagram of axel.



As nouns the difference between axel and axle

is that axel is a jump with one (or more) and a half turns in the air while axle is shoulder.

As a proper noun Axel

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

axle

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) axle, eaxle, from (etyl) , (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Shoulder.

    • Etymology 2

    A combination of (etyl) eax and (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
  • A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
  • An axis; as, the Sun’s axle.

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "axle") *

    Anagrams

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    axel

    English

    (wikipedia axel)

    Noun

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

    • Anagrams

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