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Cole vs Filly - What's the difference?

cole | filly |

As nouns the difference between cole and filly

is that cole is cabbage while filly is a young female horse.

As a proper noun Cole

is an English surname, possibly a nickname from col, Old English "charcoal,coal-black".

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 [...].

    Anagrams

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    filly

    English

    Noun

    (fillies)
  • A young female horse.
  • (dated) A young attractive female.
    • Hey, Homer, get a load of the gams on that filly !

    See also

    * colt * foal * mare * stallion * fille