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Fell vs Knockout - What's the difference?

fell | knockout |

As nouns the difference between fell and knockout

is that fell is fur, pelt (hairy skin of an animal) while knockout is the act of making someone unconscious, or at least unable to come back on their feet within a certain period of time; a tko.

As an adjective knockout is

rendering someone unconscious.

fell

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) fellen, from (etyl) fellan, .

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Stand, or I'll fell thee down.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 2 , author=Aled Williams , title=Swansea 2 - 0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport Wales citation , page= , passage=Sinclair opened Swansea's account from the spot on 8 minutes after a Ryan Shawcross tackle had felled Wayne Routledge.}}
  • To strike down, kill, destroy.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1922 , year_published=2010 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Edgar Rice Burroughs , title=The Chessmen of Mars , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=Gahan, horrified, saw the latter's head topple from its body, saw the body stagger and fall to the ground. ... The creature that had felled' its companion was dashing madly in the direction of the hill upon which he was hidden, it dodged one of the workers that sought to seize it. … Then it was that Gahan's eyes chanced to return to the figure of the creature the fugitive had ' felled . }}
  • :* {{quote-web
    • , date=2010-09-27 , year= , first= , last= , author=Christina Passariello , authorlink= , title=Prodos Capital, Samsung Make Final Cut for Ferré , site=Wall Street Journal citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-08-26 , passage=… could make Ferré the first major fashion label felled by the economic crisis to come out the other end of restructuring. }}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fall)

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) 'skin', Russian plená'' 'pelt', (etyl) plah 'to cover', Ancient Greek ''péllas 'skin').

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
  • An animal skin, hide.
  • * Shakespeare:
    • We are still handling our ewes, and their fells , you know, are greasy.
  • (textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
  • * 2006, Colette Wolff, The Art of Manipulating Fabric , page 296:
    • To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance.
    (wikipedia fell)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) fell, . Compare (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
  • * 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
    • The dwarves of yore made mighty spells,
    While hammers fell like ringing bells,
    In places deep, where dark things sleep,
    In hollow halls beneath the fells.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1886 , author=Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr , title=The Squire of Sandal-Side : A Pastoral Romance , work= citation , page= , passage=Every now and then the sea calls some farmer or shepherd, and the restless drop in his veins gives him no peace till he has found his way over the hills and fells to the port of Whitehaven, and gone back to the cradling bosom that rocked his ancestors.}}
  • * 1971 Catherine Cookson, The Dwelling Place
    • She didn't know at first why she stepped off the road and climbed the bank on to the fells; it wasn't until she found herself skirting a disused quarry that she realised where she was making for, and when she reached the place she stood and gazed at it. It was a hollow within an outcrop of rock, not large enough to call a cave but deep enough to shelter eight people from the rain, and with room to spare.
  • A wild field or upland moor.

    • Etymology 4

    From (etyl) fel, . See felon.

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of a strong and cruel nature; eagre and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • while we devise fell tortures for thy faults
  • * 1663 , (Hudibras) , by , part 1,
    • And many a serpent of fell kind, / With wings before, and stings behind
  • *{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
    • , chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}
  • *
  • Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent; clever.
  • (label) Eager; earnest; intent.
  • * (Samuel Pepys) (1633-1703)
    • I am so fell to my business.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Sharply; fiercely.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Gall; anger; melancholy.
  • * Spenser:
    • Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell .
  • * XIX c. ,
    • I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.

    Statistics

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    Etymology 5

    Noun

  • (mining) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
    • English causative verbs English irregular simple past forms ----

    knockout

    English

    Alternative forms

    * knock-out

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making someone unconscious, or at least unable to come back on their feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.
    • The boxer scored a knockout on his opponent.
  • The deactivation of anything.
  • * 1989 , Network World (6 February 1989, page 82)
    • Pull the plug on a node to see how the network handles a node knockout .
  • (informal) Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
    • If you've ever had a sack race, you know it's a real knockout for kids and adults alike.
  • (informal) A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.
  • * 1995 , Rhonda K. Reinholtz et al.'', " Sexual Discourse and Sexual Intercourse," in P. J. Kalbfleisch and M. J. Cody, eds., ''Gender, Power, and Communications in Human Relationships , p. 150,
    • Phrases such as "she bowled me over," "she's striking," and "she's a knockout " suggest that the woman affects the man in ways he cannot mediate or control.
  • A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal.
    • They left a knockout in the panel for running extra wires someday.
  • (genetics) The deactivation of a particular gene.
  • (genetics) A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated.
  • (printing) An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print.
  • (sports) A tournament, in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress to the next round.
    • the knockout stages of the competition
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 3 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages -with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive.}}

    Descendants

    * Portuguese: * Spanish:

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Rendering someone unconscious.
    • He delivered a knockout blow.
  • Amazing; gorgeous; beautiful.
    • You should have seen her knockout eyes.
  • (genetics) Designating an organism in which a particular gene has been removed or deactivated.
  • * 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 255:
    • The result is a so-called knockout mouse, reared with a single gene silenced, the better to reveal that gene's true purpose.
  • Causing elimination from a competition
  • * 2012 , Ben Smith, Leeds United 2-1 Everton [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19632366]
    • Rodolph Austin delivered the knockout blow from close range 20 minutes from time, after Aidan White had given Leeds a dream start after four minutes.

    Related terms

    * knock one's socks off * knock out * technical knockout, TKO