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Coop vs Cote - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between coop and cote

is that coop is a pen or enclosure for birds while cote is a cottage or hut.

As verbs the difference between coop and cote

is that coop is to keep in a coop while cote is to quote.

As a proper noun Cote is

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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

    cote

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the (etyl) cote, the feminine form of . Cognate to Dutch kot.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cottage or hut.
  • A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.
  • * Milton
    • Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, / In hurdled cotes .
    Related terms
    * dovecote * sheepcote
    Synonyms
    * shed

    Etymology 2

    See quote.

    Verb

    (cot)
  • (obsolete) To quote.
    • (Udall)

    Etymology 3

    Probably related to (etyl) .

    Verb

    (cot)
  • To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.
    • A dog cotes a hare.
    (Drayton)
  • * Shakespeare
    • We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.
  • * 1825 , , The Talisman , A. and C. Black (1868), 37:
    • [...]strength to pull down a bull——swiftness to cote an antelope.
    (Webster 1913)

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