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Boto vs Bote - What's the difference?

boto | bote |

As nouns the difference between boto and bote

is that boto is species: Inia geoffrensis, a species of freshwater dolphin endemic to the Amazon river system while bote is the atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction, penance, expiation; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.

boto

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • , a species of freshwater dolphin endemic to the Amazon river system
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    See also

    * (wikipedia "boto") * (Inia geoffrensis)

    Anagrams

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    bote

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction, penance, expiation; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
  • Iesu For synne þat hath my soule bounde, Let þi blessed blood be my bote . — Iesu þat art heuene
  • A payment of any kind.
  • A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
  • (legal, historical) A right to take wood from property not one's own.
  • (obsolete) repairs
  • Þey shulde..do bote to brugges þat to-broke were. — Pier's Plowman, 1400
  • (obsolete) advantage, benefit, profit, cure, remedy
  • Heo lufeden bi wurten, bi moren, and bi rote; nas þer nan oðer boten . — Layamon's Brut, 1275

    Usage notes

    * Often used to form compounds indicating a right to take wood only for a specific purpose.

    Synonyms

    * estovers

    Derived terms

    * burghbote * cartbote * firebote * frithbote * haybote * hedgebote * housebote * maegbote * manbote * plowbote, ploughbote * theftbote * wainbote

    References

    (Webster 1913) * Middle English Dictionary ----