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Axil vs Axle - What's the difference?

axil | axle |

As nouns the difference between axil and axle

is that 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 while axle is shoulder.

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

    Anagrams

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    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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