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Bide vs Bice - What's the difference?

bide | bice |

As nouns the difference between bide and bice

is that bide is bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) while bice is a pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt.

bide

English

Verb

  • (transitive, chiefly, dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
  • (intransitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
  • * Milton
    • All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide / In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell.
  • (intransitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
  • (archaic) To wait for; to await.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "bide")

    Usage notes

    * The verb has been replaced by (abide) in Standard English for almost all its uses, and is now rarely found outside the expression (term, bide one's time).

    Derived terms

    * bide one's time * abide

    Related terms

    * bid * faith * fidelity

    bice

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bise

    Noun

  • A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt.
  • A cobalt blue pigment.

    • Derived terms

    * bice blue * bice green

    See also

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