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Dell vs Grove - What's the difference?

dell | grove |

As nouns the difference between dell and grove

is that dell is valley while grove is a small forest.

As proper nouns the difference between dell and grove

is that dell is {{surname} while Grove is {{surname|habitational|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived near a grove.

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

    grove

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small forest.
  • An orchard of fruit trees.
  • (Druidism, Wicca) A place of worship

    • Related terms

    * mangrove