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Frote vs Flote - What's the difference?

frote | flote |

In obsolete terms the difference between frote and flote

is that frote is to rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe while flote is a wave.

As a noun flote is

a wave.

frote

English

Verb

(frot)
  • (obsolete) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.
    • (Ben Jonson)
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    flote

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • (flite).

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) flot, (etyl) (lena) (fluctus); also compare (float) (noun).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A wave.
  • * 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
    • [...] they all have met again, / And are upon the Mediterranean flote / Bound sadly home for Naples [...]

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    (flot)
  • To fleet; to skim.
    • (Tusser)
    (Webster 1913) ----