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Gazelle vs Gayelle - What's the difference?

gazelle | gayelle |

As nouns the difference between gazelle and gayelle

is that gazelle is an antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa) or Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods while gayelle is an informal stage or arena, as for cock-fighting or stick-fighting.

As a proper noun Gayelle is

{{given name|female}.

gazelle

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An antelope of either of the genera Gazella'' (mostly native to Africa) or ''Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods.

    • Derived terms

    * Cuvier's gazelle * Dama gazelle * Dorcas gazelle * goitered gazelle * Grant's gazelle * Indian gazelle * Mongalla gazelle * Mongolian gazelle * mountain gazelle * Przewalski's gazelle * red-fronted gazelle * slender-horned gazelle * Soemmerring's gazelle * Speke's gazelle * Thomson's gazelle * Tibetan gazelle

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Gazella) ----

    gayelle

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Caribbean, chiefly, Trinidad and Tobago) An informal stage or arena, as for cock-fighting or stick-fighting.
  • * 1975 , Quincy Troupe, Rainer Schulte, Giant talk: an anthology of Third World writings , link
    • And that time Bolo is coming through the village to the gayelle ...
  • * 1997 , Earl Lovelace, The Schoolmaster , page 21
    • I who have the best gamecocks from here to Maraval, and win twenty-nine battles with Hawk alone before they poison him near the gayelle in Valencia when we went to fight.
  • * 2004 , Milla Cozart Riggio, Carnival: culture in action : the Trinidad experience , page 293
    • Stickfighters usually frequent a particular gayelle , which may have a recognized champion.

    Etymology 2

    (gay) + (etyl) elle she.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (neologism) A lesbian
  • * 2008 , The Daily Telegraph, Lesbians turn "gayelle" , link
    • "By choosing gayelle , the feminine factors in “the equation of who is gay and who is not” can reassert their interest in the word gay, as well as, assert a displeasure for the word lesbian," the website reads.