Ingle vs Commercial - What's the difference?
ingle | commercial |
A catamite.
* 1926 , , :
* 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 318:
Of or pertaining to commerce.
* 1900 , , Chapter I,
As nouns the difference between ingle and commercial
is that ingle is an open fireplace while commercial is an advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.As a verb ingle
is to cajole or coax; to wheedle.As an adjective commercial is
of or pertaining to commerce.ingle
English
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain; perhaps compare (etyl) .Derived terms
* inglenookEtymology 2
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)- Abd el Kader called them whoresons, ingle' s accidents, sons of a bitch, profiteering cuckolds and pimps, jetting his insults broadcast to the roomfull.
- My dear Rob, my beloved was known as Moustache to her ingles !
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
* engleAnagrams
* ----commercial
English
Hyponyms
* infomercialHypernyms
* advertisementAdjective
(en adjective)- A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.