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Glede vs Glee - What's the difference?

glede | glee |

As nouns the difference between glede and glee

is that glede is a live coal, an ember or glede can be any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, milvus milvus while glee is (uncountable) joy; merriment; mirth; gaiety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.

glede

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* gleed

Noun

(en noun)
  • A live coal, an ember.
  • * 1955': It was hot when I first took it, hot as a '''glede , and my hand was scorched, so that I doubt if ever again I shall be free of the pain of it. — JRR Tolkien, ''The Fellowship of the Ring

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) glida, akin to Icelandic gleetha/gleea, Swedish glada. Compare (glide).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus .

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    glee

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Joy; merriment; mirth; gaiety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.
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  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee .}}
  • (uncountable) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
  • (music, countable) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.

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