Half vs Hale - What's the difference?
half | hale |
Consisting of a moiety, or half (1/2, 50%).
Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
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(of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
(UK, time) Half an hour after the time given; half past.
In two equal parts or to an equal degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly
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* Nehemiah 13:24 :
One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; — sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.
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# (sports) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 16, author=Ben Dirs, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan, work=BBC Sport
, passage=However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish off a scintillating move.}}
Half of a standard measure; frequently used (British) for half a pint of beer or cider.
* 1968 (British), John Braine, The Crying Game , Houghton Mifflin,
* 1974 (British), James Herriot, All Things Bright and Beautiful , St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312020309,
* 2006 (British), Bill Appleton, Wide Boy , Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie, ISBN 1843862530,
The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
(obsolete) part; side; behalf
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To halve.
a half-hour after, thirty minutes after (used with the number of the hour)
(archaic) Health, welfare.
* Spenser
Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
* Jonathan Swift
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
To drag, pull, especially forcibly.
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* 1820 , (Percy Bysshe Shelley), , :
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* 1992 , (Hilary Mantel), (A Place of Greater Safety) , Harper Perennial, 2007, page 262:
As nouns the difference between half and hale
is that half is one of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; — sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple while hale is , black pine (pinus nigra ) or hale can be awn, beard of grain.As an adjective half
is consisting of a moiety, or half (1/2, 50%).As an adverb half
is in two equal parts or to an equal degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly.As a verb half
is to halve.As a preposition half
is a half-hour after, thirty minutes after (used with the number of the hour).half
English
Adjective
(-)- a half''' bushel''; ''a '''half''' hour''; ''a '''half''' dollar''; ''a '''half view
- a half''' dream''; '''''half knowledge
- Assumed from thence a half consent.
- A (half brother) or (half sister)
- A (half uncle) or (half aunt) or (half cousin)
- We went to bed at half ten.
Usage notes
* The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.Synonyms
* hemi-, semi-, demi-Derived terms
* half ape * half back * half bent * half binding * half boarder * half-breadth plan * half brother * half cadence * half cap * half cock * half cocked * half hitch * half hose * half-life * Half Life * half measure * half-moon * half note * half page * half pay * half price * half round * half shift * half sister * half step * half tide * half time * half tint * half truth * half yearAdverb
(-)- half'''-colored''; '''''half''' done''; '''''half'''-hearted''; '''''half''' persuaded''; '''''half conscious
- Half' loth and ' half consenting.
- Their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod.
Noun
(halves)- You don't know the half of it.
- Not half his riches known, and yet despised.
- A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us
citation
p. 11,
- He came back with a pint of Guinness for me and a half of bitter for Wendy.
- I accepted a half of bitter from him.
p. 168,
- I went to the bar where I bought a pint and two large brandies. ... "Not brandy," she replied, "but I could use a long drink - maybe a half of lager."
- Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half .
- The four halves of the house
Synonyms
*Derived terms
* better half * by halves * cry halves * go halves * half a loaf is better than none * half and half * in half * in one's half * know the half of * not half * not half bad * other half * too clever by halfVerb
Preposition
(English prepositions)- half one — half past one, 1:30
See also
* half-References
*hale
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(-)- All heedless of his dearest hale .
Etymology 2
Representing a Northern dialectal form of (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- Last year we thought him strong and hale .
- "Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn."
- "Ay, that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher, "and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?"
Antonyms
* unhaleUsage notes
* Now rather uncommon, except in the stock phrase "hale and hearty".Etymology 3
From (etyl) halen, from (etyl) haler, from (etyl) ‘upright beam on a loom’). Doublet of (l).Verb
(hal)- For I had beene vilely hurried and haled by those poore men, which had taken the paines to carry me upon their armes a long and wearysome way, and to say truth, they had all beene wearied twice or thrice over, and were faine to shift severall times.
- The wingless, crawling hours, one among whom / As some dark Priest hales the reluctant victim / Shall drag thee, cruel King, to kiss the blood.
- He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance..
- They will hale the King to Paris, and have him under their eye.