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Ballon vs Ballow - What's the difference?

ballon | ballow |

As nouns the difference between ballon and ballow

is that ballon is balloon while ballow is (nautical) deep water inside a shoal or bar or ballow can be (obsolete) a cudgel.

As an adjective ballow is

(obsolete) round; pot-bellied.

ballon

English

Noun

  • (ballet) The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair
  • * {{quote-news, 1988, November 18, Dorothy Samachson, Moscow Classical Ballet, Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Tall and slender, with a superb ballon and effortless flight in air, Malakhov

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    ballow

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) balowe, balwe, balgh, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Round; pot-bellied.

    • Etymology 2

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) Deep water inside a shoal or bar.

    • Etymology 3

    Origin obscure.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A cudgel.

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