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Cole vs Ember - What's the difference?

cole | ember |

As nouns the difference between cole and ember

is that cole is cabbage while ember is a glowing piece of coal or wood.

As proper nouns the difference between cole and ember

is that cole is an English surname, possibly a nickname from col, Old English "charcoal,coal-black" while Ember is {{given name|female|from=English}}.

As an adjective ember is

making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.

cole

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia cole) (Brassica) From (etyl), from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch kool, German Kohl

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Cabbage.
  • Brassica; a plant of the Brassica'' genus, especially those of ''Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).
    • Derived terms
    * coleseed * coleslaw
    Related terms
    * colewort

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A stack or stook of hay.
  • * 1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 39:
    • 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 [...].

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    ember

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A glowing piece of coal or wood.
  • Smoldering ash.

    • See also

    * embers

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.
    • ember fasts
    ember days
    ember weeks
    (Webster 1913)

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