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Callet vs Pastille - What's the difference?

callet | pastille |

As nouns the difference between callet and pastille

is that callet is a trull or prostitute while pastille is .

As a verb callet

is (obsolete) to rail or scold.

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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    pastille

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia pastille) (en noun)
  • A soft flavoured candy.
  • A medicinal pill, originally compressed herbs. A throat pastille is a large candy-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases oils to soothe a sore throat and sometimes vapors to help unblock the nose or sinuses.
  • A small granular half spheroid piece of material.

    • Related terms

    * pastillation * pastillator

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