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Bol vs Bom - What's the difference?

bol | bom |

As nouns the difference between bol and bom

is that bol is bolognese while bom is {{cx|obsolete|lang=en}} A large snake found in America.

As an acronym BoM is

book of Mormon.

bol

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(-)
  • (lb) bolognese
    • Derived terms
    * spag bol

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • excrescence on the trunk of a tree usually covering a knot

    • bom

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large snake found in America.
  • * 1742 , Charles Owen, An Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents
    • The Bom -Snake'', is another ''Brazilian'' Reptile, call'd ''Bom from the Noise it makes in its Motion.
  • * 1819 , Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia
    • It is said to grow to a vast size, and to be perfectly harmless; but the latter assertion is improbable; it is not certainly of the poisonous race of serpents. This is called the bom , because it emits a remarkable noise resembling the sound of that word, when pronounced with a deep hollow voice.

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