Drove vs Drome - What's the difference?
drove | drome |
A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
(usually, in the plural) A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven
(drive).
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, passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.}}
To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.
The crab plover (Dromas ardeola ), a North African bird allied to the oystercatcher.
(Webster 1913)
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As a noun drove
is a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.As a verb drove
is (drive).As a proper noun drome is
one of the , france (insee code 26).drove
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) drove, drof, draf, from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
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