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Came vs Cate - What's the difference?

came | cate |

As nouns the difference between came and cate

is that came is a grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together while cate is a delicacy or item of food.

As a verb came

is simple past of come.

As a preposition came

is lang=en|Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation

As a proper noun Cate is

a diminutive of the female given name Catherine and of its variant forms; more often spelled Kate.

came

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (come)
  • (cum)

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • *
    • Synonyms
    * by, when [event, period, change in state] came]]/[[arrive, arrived

    See also

    * (preposition)

    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.

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    Anagrams

    * 200 English basic words English irregular simple past forms ----

    cate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in the plural) A delicacy or item of food.
  • * 1590s , (William Shakespeare), The Taming of the Shrew , First Folio 1623, Act I:
    • Kate of Kate-hall, my super-daintie Kate, / For dainties are all Kates , and therefore Kate / Take this of me, Kate of my consolation [...].
  • * 1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 101:
    • Have we not heard of divers most fertile regions, plenteously yeelding al maner of necessary victuals, where neverthelesse the most ordinary cates and daintiest dishes, were but bread, water-cresses, and water?
  • * 1820 , (John Keats), The Eve of St. Agnes , l. 172-3:
    • All cates and dainties shall be storèd there / Quickly on this feast-night
  • * 1985 , (Anthony Burgess), Kingdom of the Wicked :
    • He did not at first produce the cates and vintages they expected; they looked, most of them, puzzled at the lack of materials of revelry.
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