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Cote vs Bote - What's the difference?

cote | bote |

In obsolete terms the difference between cote and bote

is that cote is to quote while bote is advantage, benefit, profit, cure, remedy.

As a verb cote

is to quote.

As a proper noun Cote

is {{surname|lang=en}.

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)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    bote

    English

    Alternative forms

    * *

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction, penance, expiation; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
    • Iesu For synne þat hath my soule bounde, Let þi blessed blood be my bote . — Iesu þat art heuene
  • A payment of any kind.
  • A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
  • (legal, historical) A right to take wood from property not one's own.
  • (obsolete) repairs
    • Þey shulde..do bote to brugges þat to-broke were. — Pier's Plowman, 1400
  • (obsolete) advantage, benefit, profit, cure, remedy
    • Heo lufeden bi wurten, bi moren, and bi rote; nas þer nan oðer boten . — Layamon's Brut, 1275

    Usage notes

    * Often used to form compounds indicating a right to take wood only for a specific purpose.

    Synonyms

    * estovers

    Derived terms

    * burghbote * cartbote * firebote * frithbote * haybote * hedgebote * housebote * maegbote * manbote * plowbote, ploughbote * theftbote * wainbote

    References

    (Webster 1913) * Middle English Dictionary ----