Inlet vs Cove - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between inlet and cove

is that inlet is to let in; admit while cove is to arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.

As nouns the difference between inlet and cove

is that inlet is a body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary while cove is a hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.

As a proper noun Cove is

a town in Arkansas.

inlet

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) inleten, equivalent to .

Verb

To let in; admit.

To insert; inlay.

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Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Noun

(wikipedia inlet) (en noun)

A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.

A passage that leads into a cavity.

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Anagrams

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cove

English

(wikipedia cove)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) cofa, from (etyl) . Cognate with German Koben, Swedish kofva. This word has probably survived as long as it has due to its coincidental phonetic resemblence to the unrelated word "cave".

Noun

(en noun)

(architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.

A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.

* Holland

vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks

(US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.

A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.

(nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.

(nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.

Verb

(cov)

(architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.

* H. Swinburne

The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) . Perhaps change in consonants due to lower class th-fronting.

Noun

(en noun)

(British) A fellow; a man.

(Australia) A friend; a mate.

Derived terms

* Abram cove * badge-cove * bang up cove

Etymology 3

Compare (etyl) couver, (etyl) covare. See covey.

Verb

(cov)

To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.

* Holland

Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel.

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