Clave vs Calve - What's the difference?
clave | calve |
(archaic) (cleave)
* , Genesis, 22:3
* , Ruth 1:14
* {{quote-book, year=1868
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, passage=Sir Launcelot put his shield afore him, and put the stroke away of the one giant, and with his sword he clave his head asunder.}}
(musical instruments) One half of a set of claves, a percussion instrument consisting of two sticks, one of which is used to strike the other.
(music) A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.
To give birth to a calf.
To assist the giving of birth of a calf.
To break off or shed a large piece.
As verbs the difference between clave and calve
is that clave is while calve is to give birth to a calf.clave
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)- And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
- And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) clave, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)See also
* *Anagrams
* ----calve
English
Verb
(calv)- The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.
- The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.