Ether vs Gether - What's the difference?
ether | gether |
(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).
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, volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= The sky or heavens; the upper air.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2014-02-26, magazine=(Deadspin)
, title= (obsolete, or, regional)
*{{quote-book, year=1919, author=Frederic Moorman, title=More Tales of the Ridings, chapter=, edition=
, passage="'Twere back-end o' t' yeer," he continued at last, "an' t' lads had gone into t' woods to gether hesel-nuts an' accorns. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1898, author=John Hartley, title=Yorkshire Lyrics, chapter=, edition=
, passage=An a taicher wise aw've faand thi, An this lesson gained throo thee; 'At when dangers gether raand me, Th' wisest tactics is to flee. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1881, author=Sarah P. McLean Greene, title=Cape Cod Folks, chapter=, edition=
, passage=I remember once, we'd had a spell o' weather jest like this, and it begun to gether up in the same way. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1872, author=Edward Eggleston, title=The End Of The World, chapter=, edition=
, passage=But the silence was broken by Cynthy Ann, who came into the hall and called, "Jule, I wish you would go to the barn and gether the eggs; I want to make some cake." }}
As a noun ether
is ether.As a verb gether is
(obsolete|or|regional).ether
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(wikipedia ether)Alternative forms
* aether * (dated British spelling) * aethyr, ethyr (archaic spellings)Noun
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.}}
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* crown ether * lariat ether * petroleum ether * pyroacetic ether * sulfur ether, sulphur etherVerb
(slang) To viciously insult.HS Coach Gets Ethered By Girlfriend On FB, Resigns Amid Investigation}}
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