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Led vs Drove - What's the difference?

led | drove |

As nouns the difference between led and drove

is that led is light-emitting diode while drove is a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.

As verbs the difference between led and drove

is that led is past tense of lead while drove is simple past of drive.

led

English

(wikipedia LED)

Noun

(en noun)
  • light-emitting diode

    • See also

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l) * (l) * (l) ----

    drove

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) drove, drof, draf, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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).
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  • A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven

    • Derived terms

    * in droves

    Etymology 2

    From earlier drave, from (etyl) drave, draf, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (drov)
  • (drive).
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , 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.

    • Anagrams

    * * English irregular simple past forms