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Garlic vs Ail - What's the difference?

garlic | ail |

As nouns the difference between garlic and ail

is that garlic is a plant, allium sativum , related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking while ail is .

garlic

English

(Allium sativum)

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic)

Noun

  • A plant, Allium sativum , related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
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    Derived terms

    * bear's garlic * black garlic * broadleaf garlic, broad-leaved garlic * Canadian garlic * clove of garlic, garlic clove * crow garlic * daffodil garlic * elephant garlic * false garlic * field garlic * garlic bread * garlic chive * garlicky * garlic crusher * garlic-germander * garlic mustard * garlic-pear, garlic-peartree * garlic press * garlic root * garlic-sage * garlic salt * garlic sausage * garlic toad * garlic treaclewort * garlic-tree * garlic-wort * golden garlic * hedge garlic * hog's garlic * meadow garlic * Naples garlic * Neapolitan garlic * Oriental garlic * peelgarlic, pilgarlick * pilled-garlic * stag's garlic * white garlic * wild garlic * wood garlic

    See also

    * alliaceous * ramp, ramson

    ail

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (obsolete) Painful; troublesome.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
  • Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.
  • * Bible, Genesis xxi. 17
  • What aileth thee, Hagar?
  • * 2011 , "Connubial bliss in America", The Economist :
  • Not content with having in 1996 put a Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) on the statue book, Congress has now begun to hold hearings on a Respect for Marriage Act. Defended, respected: what could possibly ail marriage in America?
  • To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
  • * Richardson
  • When he ails ever so little he is so peevish.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ailment; trouble; illness.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The awn of barley or other types of corn.
  • Anagrams

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