Cove vs Gove - What's the difference?
cove | gove |
(architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.
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(US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
(nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
(nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
(architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
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To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
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As nouns the difference between cove and gove
is that cove is a hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern while gove is a mow; a rick for hay.As verbs the difference between cove and gove
is that cove is to arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove while gove is to stare stupidly.As a proper noun Cove
is a town in Arkansas.cove
English
(wikipedia cove)Etymology 1
From (etyl) cofa, from (etyl) . Cognate with German Koben, Swedish kofva. This word has probably survived as long as it has due to its coincidental phonetic resemblence to the unrelated word "cave".Noun
(en noun)- vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks
Verb
(cov)- The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Perhaps change in consonants due to lower classth-fronting.
Derived terms
* Abram cove * badge-cove * bang up coveEtymology 3
Compare (etyl) couver, (etyl) covare. See covey.Verb
(cov)- Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel.