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Dingle vs Dale - What's the difference?

dingle | dale |

As nouns the difference between dingle and dale

is that dingle is a small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley while dale is a valley in an otherwise hilly area.

As proper nouns the difference between dingle and dale

is that dingle is a harbour town in County Kerry Ireland, and the peninsula on which it stands while Dale is {{surname|from=Middle English}} for someone living in a dale.

dingle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
  • * 1954 , , Chapter 4
    • Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle , almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge.

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    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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