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Ile vs Ale - What's the difference?

ile | ale |

As a noun ile

is island.

As an interjection ale is

let's go!, come on!.

ile

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m).

Noun

(head)
  • (obsolete) Ear of corn.
    • (Ainsworth)

    Etymology 2

    See aisle.

    Noun

    (head)
  • (obsolete) An aisle.

    • Etymology 3

    See isle

    Noun

    (head)
  • (obsolete) An isle.
    • (Geoffrey Chaucer)

    Etymology 4

    See I'll

    Contraction

    (head)
  • (archaic) I’ll; contraction for I will or I shall
  • * "Why then Ile fit you." — T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land

    • Anagrams

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    ale

    English

    Noun

  • An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
    • Note: The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all non-distilled malt liquors.
  • A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.

    • Synonyms

    * (liquor) beer (loosely), yill

    Derived terms

    () * alehouse * alewife * ginger ale * pale ale * real ale

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