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Carl vs Carole - What's the difference?

carl | carole |

As nouns the difference between carl and carole

is that carl is a student at (carleton college), minnesota while carole is carol (round dance accompanied by singing).

As a proper noun carl

is .

carl

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) carl, from (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rude, rustic man; a churl.
  • * 1974', In Lent noblemen and '''carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves. — Guy Davenport, ''Tatlin!

    • Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain.

    Alternative forms

    * carle

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
  • *, New York 2001, p.210:
  • *:full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […].

    • Anagrams

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    carole

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • from the French form of Carol.

    • Anagrams

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