Cole vs Coal - What's the difference?
cole | coal |
Cabbage.
Brassica; a plant of the Brassica'' genus, especially those of ''Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).
(Scotland) A stack or stook of hay.
* 1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 39:
(uncountable) A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
(countable) A piece of coal used for burning. Note that in British English either of the following examples could be used, whereas the latter would be more common in American English.
(countable) A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof.
(countable) A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
Charcoal
To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).
* 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XVI:
To be converted to charcoal.
* 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 18:
To burn to charcoal; to char.
* Francis Bacon
To mark or delineate with charcoal.
To supply with coal.
Coal is a alternative form of cole.
As nouns the difference between cole and coal
is that cole is cabbage while coal is a black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.As a proper noun Cole
is an English surname, possibly a nickname from col, Old English "charcoal,coal-black".As a verb coal is
to take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).cole
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia cole) (Brassica) From (etyl), from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch kool, German KohlNoun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* coleseed * coleslawEtymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- Father saw the happening from high in a park where the hay was cut and they set the swathes in coles , and he swore out Damn't to hell! and started to run [...].
Anagrams
* ----coal
English
(wikipedia coal)Noun
(en-noun)- Put some coals on the fire.
- Put some coal on the fire.
- Just as the camp-fire died down to just coals , with no flames to burn the marshmallows, someone dumped a whole load of wood on, so I gave up and went to bed.
Hyponyms
* anthracite, bituminDerived terms
* bituminous coal, soft coal * brown coal * channel coal * coal ball * coal bed * coal black * coalboy * coal gas * coal hole * coal oil * coal tar * coal tit * coalmine, coal mine * coals to Newcastle * hard coal (see: anthracite) * white coalVerb
(en verb)- The light shook and splintered in the puddles. A red glare came from an outward-bound steamer that was coaling .
- As a result, particles of wood and twigs insufficiently coaled are frequently found at the bottom of such pits.
- Charcoal of roots, coaled into great pieces.
- (Camden)
- to coal a steamer
