Heal vs Tow - What's the difference?
heal | tow |
To hide; conceal; keep secret.
To cover, as for protection.
To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
* Bible, Matthew viii. 8
To become better.
To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
(obsolete) health
The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
A rope or cable used in towing.
In lang=en terms the difference between heal and tow
is that heal is to become better while tow is to pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.As verbs the difference between heal and tow
is that heal is to hide; conceal; keep secret or heal can be to make better from a disease, wound, etc; to revive or cure while tow is to pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.As nouns the difference between heal and tow
is that heal is (obsolete) health while tow is the act of towing and the condition of being towed or tow can be an untwisted bundle of fibers such as , flax, hemp or jute.heal
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) helen, hilen, from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l) * (l) (Scotland)Verb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) helen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
- This bandage will heal your cut.
- Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed .
- Bandages allow cuts to heal .
- to heal dissensions
Synonyms
* (make better) cure, make whole * (become better) get better, recoverDerived terms
* healable * healand, Healand * healer * healthNoun
(-)- (Chaucer)
Anagrams
* * English ergative verbs ----tow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia tow) (en noun)- It isn't the car's battery, I think I need a tow .
