Jewell vs Jewel - What's the difference?
jewell | jewel |
transferred back from the surname.
, a rare variant of Jewel.
A city in Kansas.
A hamlet in New York.
A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
* ante'' 1611 , (William Shakespeare), '', lines 188–9:
(figuratively) Anything considered precious or valuable.
* Shakespeare
A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
(slang) The clitoris.
* 2008 , Another Time, Another Place: Five Novellas
To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
As proper nouns the difference between jewell and jewel
is that jewell is {{surname|patronymic|from=given names} while Jewel is {{given name|female|from=English}} from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century.As a noun jewel is
a precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.As a verb jewel is
to bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.jewell
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)jewel
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Noun
(en noun)- Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.
- our prince (jewel of children)
- The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel .