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Ether vs Ethel - What's the difference?

ether | ethel |

As nouns the difference between ether and ethel

is that ether is a compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups while ethel is the letter Œ/œ, or the rune ᛟ.

As proper nouns the difference between ether and ethel

is that ether is the god/personification of the bright, glowing upper air of heaven. He is the Roman counterpart of Aether while Ethel is {{given name|female|from=Old English}}, popular at the turn of the 20th century.

As a verb ether

is : {{usex|lang=en|The battle rapper ethered his opponent and caused him to slink away in shame.}.

ether

English

(wikipedia ether)

Alternative forms

* aether * (dated British spelling) * aethyr, ethyr (archaic spellings)

Noun

  • (organic compound, countable) A compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
  • (organic compound, uncountable) Diethyl ether (C4H10O), a compound used as an early anaesthetic.
  • (ancient philosophy, and, alchemy, uncountable) A classical physical element, considered as prevalent in the heavens and inaccessible to humans. In some versions of alchemy, this was the fifth element in addition to air, earth, fire and water.
  • (archaic, physics, uncountable) A substance (aether ) once thought to fill all space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy (disproved by Einstein in his Theory of Relativity).
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)
    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted , passage=Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.}}
  • The sky or heavens; the upper air.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "ether")

    Derived terms

    * crown ether * lariat ether * petroleum ether * pyroacetic ether * sulfur ether, sulphur ether

    Verb

    (slang) To viciously insult.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2014-02-26, magazine=(Deadspin)
    • , title= HS Coach Gets Ethered By Girlfriend On FB, Resigns Amid Investigation }}

    Quotations

    (English Citations of "ether")

    Anagrams

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    ethel

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , popular at the turn of the 20th century.
  • * 1855 William Makepeace Thackeray: The Newcomes . Bradbury and Evans 1855. page 95:
    • If it is so false, and base, and hollow, this great world - - - why does Ethel Newcome cling to it? Will you be fairer, dear, with any other name than your own?
  • * 1979 Mary McMullen: But Nellie Was So Nice . Doubleday 1979. page 23:
    • Charmian Lyle had given herself her first name at the age of sixteen, upon encountering it in an English novel. Her baptismal name was Ethel'. When her husband Walter was extremely angry with her, he called her ' Ethel .
    Charmian, she thought, suited her much better. She didn't think she looked, felt, or sounded like Ethel . Nor like her middle name, which she really detested, Edna.

    Related terms

    * pet form: Eth

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