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Dale vs Dace - What's the difference?

dale | dace |

As nouns the difference between dale and dace

is that dale is a valley in an otherwise hilly area while dace is the shoal-forming fish species: Leuciscus leuciscus common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales.

As a proper noun Dale

is {{surname|from=Middle English}} for someone living in a dale.

dale

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK) a valley in an otherwise hilly area.
  • * Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,'' - ''
  • A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
    • (Knight)
    (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * dell, dells * vale * valley

    Related terms

    * dollar

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    dace

    English

    (wikipedia dace)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The shoal-forming fish common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales.
  • * 1949 , (George Orwell), (Nineteen Eighty-Four) , p28
    • Somewhere near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where dace were swimming in the pools under the willow trees.
  • (US) Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.

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