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Howel vs Towel - What's the difference?

howel | towel |

As nouns the difference between howel and towel

is that howel is a tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering their work, especially the inside of casks while towel is a cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath.

As verbs the difference between howel and towel

is that howel is to smooth; to plane while towel is to hit with a towel.

howel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering their work, especially the inside of casks.

    • Verb

  • To smooth; to plane.
    • to howel a cask
    (Webster 1913)

    towel

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia towel) (en noun)
  • A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath.

    • Derived terms

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    Verb

  • To hit with a towel.
  • To dry by using a towel.
    • He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) To beat with a stick.

    • Derived terms

    * (l), (l) (Webster 1913)

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