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Beeve vs Breve - What's the difference?

beeve | breve |

As nouns the difference between beeve and breve

is that beeve is a beef; a beef creature while breve is a semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.

beeve

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A beef; a beef creature.
    • They would knock down the first beeve they met with. — W. Irving.
    (Webster 1913)

    breve

    English

    (wikipedia breve)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (orthography, printing) A semicircular diacritical mark () placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
  • (music, UK) A double whole note.
  • (legal) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
  • The great ant thrush of Sumatra (, which has a very short tail.

    • Related terms

    * brevity * brief * semibreve

    See also

    * half note * longa * whole note

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