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Hollow vs Vale - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between hollow and vale

is that hollow is a small valley between mountains; a low spot surrounded by elevations while vale is a valley.

As interjections the difference between hollow and vale

is that hollow is alternative form of lang=en while vale is farewell.

As an adjective hollow

is (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.

As an adverb hollow

is completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.

As a verb hollow

is to make a hole in something; to excavate.

hollow

English

Alternative forms

* holler

Etymology 1

(etyl) holw, holh, from (etyl) . More at cave.

Adjective

(er)
  • (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
    • a hollow''' tree; a '''hollow sphere
  • (of a sound) Distant]], eerie; echoing, [[reverberate, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
    • a hollow moan
    (Dryden)
  • (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
    • a hollow victory
  • (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
    • a hollow promise
  • Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
  • * Shakespeare
    • With hollow eye and wrinkled brow.
    Derived terms
    * hollow leg

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (colloquial) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) holow, earlier holgh, from (etyl) . See above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small valley between mountains; a low spot surrounded by elevations.
  • * Prior
    • Forests grew upon the barren hollows .
  • * Tennyson
    • I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood.
    He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
  • A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
    • the hollow of the hand or of a tree
  • (US) A sunken area.
  • (figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
    • a hollow in the pit of one's stomach

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to make a hole in something; to excavate (transitive)

    • Etymology 3

    Compare holler.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To urge or call by shouting; to hollo.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • He has hollowed the hounds.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
    • (Webster 1913)

    vale

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl), from (etyl) , from (etyl) vallis, valles

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mostly, poetic) A valley.
  • * (rfdate) Harte
    • In those fair vales , by nature formed to please, / Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease
  • * , Hymn 214'', ''The Issues of Life and Death ,
    • Beyond this vale of tears / There is a life above,
  • * 19th c , ,
    • "Make me a cottage in the vale ," she said, / "Where I may mourn and pray.
    Synonyms
    * (valley) dale ** See also
    Antonyms
    * (valley) hill

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (usually, seen in obituaries) Farewell.
    • Vale , Sarah Smith
    Related terms
    * valediction * valiant

    Anagrams

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