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Callet vs Collet - What's the difference?

callet | collet |

As a noun callet

is a trull or prostitute.

As a verb callet

is (obsolete) to rail or scold.

As a proper noun collet is

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callet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A trull or prostitute.
  • A scold or gossip.

    • Quotations

    * 1603', , Act 4, Scene 2 *: He call'd her whore: a beggar in his drink / Could not have laid such terms upon his callet .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To rail or scold.
    • (Brathwait)

    References

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    collet

    English

    (wikipedia collet)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, usually of a hard material, especially a metal.
    • That collet can handle upto 3/8-inch bits.
  • In particular, the rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set. Compare bezel .
    • There is an almost invisible collet that secures the stone to the ring.
  • Horticulture: the transition zone on a plant between the root and the hypocotyl.
    • Collar rot forms in the collet between the stem and the root.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
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