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Bleat vs Blea - What's the difference?

bleat | blea |

As nouns the difference between bleat and blea

is that bleat is the characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat while blea is the part of a tree that lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.

As a verb bleat

is of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry.

bleat

English

Alternative forms

* (Scotland)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.
  • Synonyms

    * (sheep's cry ) baa, baaing, bleating

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry.
  • (informal) Of a person, to complain.
  • The last thing we need is to hear them bleating to us about organizational problems.

    Synonyms

    * (1): baa * (2): kvetch (US''), moan, whinge (''British ), whine

    Anagrams

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    blea

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The part of a tree that lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.
  • * 1814 , Benjamin Smith Barton, Elements of Botany
  • Authors differ greatly in opinion concerning the formation of the blea . Linnaeus imagined it was formed by the bark. But it is certain that the whole of the bark does not give birth to the blea