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Coiled vs Ceiled - What's the difference?

coiled | ceiled |

As verbs the difference between coiled and ceiled

is that coiled is (coil) while ceiled is (ceil).

As an adjective coiled

is in the form of coils; having coils.

coiled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (coil)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In the form of coils; having coils.
    • a coiled serpent
  • Prepared and poised to act, as a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=Jonathan Wilson , title=Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Two first-half goals from the Colombian forward Radamel Falcao won the game, allowing Atlético to spend the final hour or so sitting deep, coiled always for a breakaway.}}

    Synonyms

    * looped

    Anagrams

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    ceiled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ceil)

    • Anagrams

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    ceil

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Latin .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , from (etyl) caelum.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic) a ceiling

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