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Chelp vs Chela - What's the difference?

chelp | chela |

As a verb chelp

is to gossip, particularly in a forthright manner.

As a noun chela is

a pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid.

chelp

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (Northern England) to gossip, particularly in a forthright manner
  • :He's not here so we are chelping in the staffroom and ignoring the 'to do' list on the board.
  • (Northern England) to speak rudely or out of turn
  • :The teacher got angry at all her chelping.

    • chela

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (chelae)
  • A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid.
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.5:
    • It happeneth often, I confess, that a lobster hath the chely or great claw of one side longer than the other [...].
  • * 1993 , The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour , p. 232:
    • The tail is curved up over the body and the pedipalps held forwards with the tip of the movable finger of the chela in contact with the sand.
  • * 2004 , Raymond T. Bauer, Remarkable Shrimps: Adaptations and Natural History of the Carideans , page 26,
    • The two brushes on each chela snap open into semicircular fans, forming fine-mesh baskets that passively filter water.
    Derived terms
    {{der3, chelate , cheli-}}

    Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (chele)
  • A pupil or disciple, especially in Hinduism.
  • * 1987 , Phirozshah Dorabji Mehta, The Heart of Religion , page 36,
    • The guru had insight. He understood his chela'. The relationship between a guru and his ' chela was as a father to a son, as a whole person to a whole person, individual and unique.
  • * 2002 , Warrior of Light: The Life of Nicholas Roerich: Artist, Himalayan Explorer, and Visionary , page 52,
    • The guru-chela' relationship was a theme in many of Nicholas's paintings. In ''Pearl of Searching'', the guru is looking thoughtfully at a pearl necklace with his ' chela . This symbolizes the "pearl of great price" that gives purpose to life.
  • * 2007 , Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook: Expanded Edition , page 455,
    • This, of course, is done by the guru as the result of a long process in which his consciousness must merge with that of the chela' and wherein the ' chela is absorbed essentially into the guru.

    Anagrams

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