Coved vs Coded - What's the difference?
coved | coded |
(cove)
(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 verbs the difference between coved and coded
is that coved is (cove) while coded is (code).As an adjective coded is
encoded, written in code or cipher.coved
English
Verb
(head)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.