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Et vs Que - What's the difference?

et | que |

In obsolete terms the difference between et and que

is that et is and while que is a former British unit of currency worth one-half of a farthing, thus one-eighth of an old penny; a farthing; a small amount of money.

As a conjunction et

is and.

As a verb et

is past tense of eat.

As a noun que is

a former British unit of currency worth one-half of a farthing, thus one-eighth of an old penny; a farthing; a small amount of money.

As a proper noun Que is

abbreviation of Querétaro|lang=en, a state of Mexico.

et

English

(wikipedia et)

Etymology 1

From French

Conjunction

(English Conjunctions)
  • (obsolete) and
    • See also
    * , et alia, et aliae, et alii, et alios * et alibi * *

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (colloquial, or, dialectal) (eat)
  • * 1896: Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Tom Sawyer, Detective [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=text&offset=638956722&textreg=2&query=+he+et&id=TwaDete]
    • Well, the man was astonished, of course; and first off he looked like he didn't know whether to be scared, or glad, or both, or which, but finally he settled down to being glad; and then his color come back, though at first his face had turned pretty white. So we got to talking together while he et his breakfast.
  • * 1907: O. Henry, Seats of the Haughty [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Seats_of_the_Haughty]
    • 'Boss,' says the cabby, 'I et a steak in that restaurant once. If you're real hungry, I advise you to try the saddle-shops first.'
  • * 1919: Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Long-Distance Call From Jim
    • Well, I don't care if he does! I can remember the time when he et a good old-fashioned supper. And it's awful silly to call it dinner. 'Breakfast, dinner and supper, created He them.' I believe I could find them very words in the Bible if I set out to hunt.
  • * 1937 , J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit :
    • Yer can't expect folk to stop here for ever just to be et by you and Bert.
  • * 18 February 1946 , Life'' magazine:
    • It must have been somethin’ I et !
  • * 1996 , Dana Lyons, "Cows with Guns":
    • They eat to grow, grow to die / Die to be et at the hamburger fry
  • * 2001 , Richard Williams, The Animator's Survival Kit , page 220:
    • Something I et ?

    Anagrams

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    que

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rfv-sense) (lb) A former British unit of currency worth one-half of a farthing, thus one-eighth of an old penny; (lb) a farthing; a small amount of money.
  • * 1594 , John Lyly, Mother Bombie :
    • Rather praie there bee no fall of monie, for thou wilt then go for a que .
  • * 1887 , William Dunn Macray, editor, , Glossary, page 160:
    • Qu or Que, a farthing; a farthing's-worth, 39.434; 139. 1838
  • (rfv-sense)
  • *
  • *
  • * 2012 , MW Fletcher, Project Reaper: A Max Storm novel , Andrews UK Limited (ISBN 9781782343004)
    • Max had a snooker-que in his right hand and was using it to point to detail on the diagram.
  • (rfv-sense) (dialect) cow (Halliwell )
  • *1889-1904 , (The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language) ,, p.4902
  • * 2009 December 25, Nick Cramer, in My "homemade" Italian meatball recipe - for Nick and Meir'', in soc.culture.jewish.moderated, ''Usenet :
    • Then about 1950 two German brothers who had a meat market began cooking BBQ in their market to use up left over meat. One got the idea to smoke a brisket as he was smoking sausage one weekend. He left it all weekend in his smokehouse and on Monday as they were serving their que , pork, sausage & chicken, he cut a slice
  • * 2010 September 22, Nanzi (username), in Re: Yoy guys are killing this group'', in alt.food.barbecue, ''Usenet :
    • Instead please join in the sharing of que methods and recipes, or questions.
  • * 2011 , Kathy Reichs, Spider Bones: A Novel (ISBN 145164194X), page 57
    • The back route I favor involves a long stretch on Highway 74 and brings me close enough to Lumberton for a barbeque detour. That was my target today. Being already in Lumberton, it only made sense to score some “que .”
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