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Coop vs Ate - What's the difference?

coop | ate |

As nouns the difference between coop and ate

is that coop is a pen or enclosure for birds or coop can be while ate is grandfather.

As a verb coop

is to keep in a coop.

coop

English

(wikipedia coop)

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pen or enclosure for birds.
  • (slang) jail
  • A barrel or cask for liquor.
    • (Johnson)
  • (Scotland) A cart from boards; a tumbrel.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To keep in a coop.
  • To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
  • * Dryden
    • The Trojans cooped within their walls so long.
  • * John Locke
    • The contempt of all other knowledge coops the understanding up within narrow bounds.
  • (obsolete) To work upon in the manner of a cooper.
  • * Holland
    • Shaken tubs be new cooped .
    Derived terms
    * coop up

    Etymology 2

    From , by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • English clippings English heteronyms

    ate

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (eat)

    • Anagrams

    * English irregular simple past forms ----