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Dell vs Dale - What's the difference?

dell | dale | Synonyms |

Dale is a synonym of dell.



As nouns the difference between dell and dale

is that dell is valley while dale is a valley in an otherwise hilly area.

As proper nouns the difference between dell and dale

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

dell

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • valley
  • * 1794, , lines 49-50
    • To this day they dwell
    In a lonely dell .
  • * Tickell
    • In dells and dales, concealed from human sight.
  • (obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • Sweet doxies and dells .

    Synonyms

    * dale * dingle * vale * valley * See also

    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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