Claver vs Clave - What's the difference?
claver | clave |
(UK, Scotland, dialect) frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter
* Thackeray
(archaic) (cleave)
* , Genesis, 22:3
* , Ruth 1:14
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(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.
As verbs the difference between claver and clave
is that claver is to gossip or chit-chat while clave is .As a noun claver
is (uk|scotland|dialect) frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter or claver can be .claver
English
Etymology 1
Noun
- Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers .
Etymology 2
Noun
(-)- (Holland)
Anagrams
* * ----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.
