Et vs Sublimation - What's the difference?
et | sublimation |
(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]
* 1907: O. Henry, Seats of the Haughty [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Seats_of_the_Haughty]
* 1919: Bess Streeter Aldrich,
* 1937 , J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit :
* 18 February 1946 , Life'' magazine:
* 1996 , Dana Lyons, "Cows with Guns":
* 2001 , Richard Williams, The Animator's Survival Kit , page 220:
The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor state such that it does not pass through the intermediate liquid phase.
The transformation of an impulse into something socially constructive.
As nouns the difference between et and sublimation
is that et is east while sublimation is .et
English
(wikipedia et)Etymology 1
From FrenchSee also
* , et alia, et aliae, et alii, et alios * et alibi * *Etymology 2
Verb
(head)- 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.
- '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.'
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.
- Yer can't expect folk to stop here for ever just to be et by you and Bert.
- It must have been somethin’ I et !
- They eat to grow, grow to die / Die to be et at the hamburger fry
- Something I et ?