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Blive vs Clive - What's the difference?

blive | clive |

In intransitive terms the difference between blive and clive

is that blive is alternative form of lang=en|nodot=9 "to remain" while clive is to climb; ascend.

As an adverb blive

is quickly; forthwith.

As a proper noun Clive is

{{surname|topographic|from=Old English}} - someone who lived near a cliff ( Old English clif).

As a noun clive is

burdock or agrimony.

blive

English

Verb

  • ("to remain").
  • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) quickly; forthwith
  • (Chaucer)
    ----

    clive

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • - someone who lived near a cliff ( (etyl) clif ).
  • derived from the surname. Popular in Britain in mid-twentieth century.
  • * 1949 (Mazo de la Roche), Mary Wakefield , Dundurn Press (2009), ISBN 1550028774, page 132:
  • "I suppose you," she said, "were named for General Clive ." "I was. And my father was named for General Brock."
  • A village in Alberta.
  • A city in Iowa.
  • A town in New Zealand.
  • A village in Shropshire, England.