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Ettle vs Kettle - What's the difference?

ettle | kettle |

As verbs the difference between ettle and kettle

is that ettle is (transitive|dialectal|chiefly|scotland) to aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try or ettle can be (obsolete) to earn while kettle is (british|of the police) to contain demonstrators in a confined area.

As nouns the difference between ettle and kettle

is that ettle is (dialectal|chiefly|scotland) intention; intent; aim while kettle is a vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.

ettle

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (transitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try.
  • (transitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To expect; reckon; count on.
  • (intransitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To take aim.
  • (intransitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To make attempt.
  • (intransitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To direct one's course.
  • (intransitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To aspire; be ambitious.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) Intention; intent; aim.
    • Synonyms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    A variation of .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (obsolete) To earn.
    • Related terms
    * (l) English words suffixed with -le ----

    kettle

    English

    (wikipedia kettle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
    • To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.
    There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.
  • The quantity held by a kettle.
  • (British) A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.
    • Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.
  • (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
  • (Raptors) (ornithology) A collective term for a group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
  • * 2006 , Keith L. Bildstein, Migrating Raptors of the World: Their Ecology & Conservation - Page 76 :
    • The term kettle refers to a group of raptors wheeling or circling in a thermal.
  • * 2010 , Jean-Luc E. Cartron, Raptors of New Mexico :
    • Kettles can consist of thousands of birds migrating together.
  • (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive
  • (musical instruments) A kettledrum.

    • Usage notes

    In most varieties of English outside the United States (UK, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian), if not specified otherwise, the kettle usually refers to a vessel for boiling the water for tea.

    Derived terms

    * kettle of fish * teakettle or tea kettle

    See also

    *

    Verb

    (kettl)
  • (British, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
  • * 2009 , John O'Connor, G20: The upside of kettling , Guardian, pages http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/apr/02/police-g20-protest-kettling:
    • ... to contain demonstrators for hours in a confined spot. This tactic, known as kettling , is seen by some as an attempt to prevent people lawfully demonstrating.

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