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Cola vs Sprite - What's the difference?

cola | sprite |

As nouns the difference between cola and sprite

is that cola is while sprite is (mythology) a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.

As a proper noun cola

is (internet|acronym) composlinuxadvocacy (a usenet newsgroup).

cola

English

Etymology 1

From a (etyl) language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola. The beverage "Coca-Cola" was what made the term widely known.

Alternative forms

* (the plant or nut) kola

Noun

  • The kola plant, genus Cola , famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
  • A beverage or a made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.

    • See also

    * (projectlink) * * (projectlink)

    Etymology 2

    See colon

    Noun

    (head)
  • (obsolete)
  • * 2008 , Alexandre Allauzen, Review of “Mathematical Linguistics” by Andras Kornai
    • In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress.

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    sprite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sprite) (en noun)
  • (mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.
  • *1803 , William Blake,
  • *:He who torments the chafer's sprite
  • *:Weaves a bower in endless night.
  • (mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
  • The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
  • (computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
  • An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.

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