Lake vs Walter - What's the difference?
lake | walter |
A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
A large, landlocked stretch of water.
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A large amount of liquid; as , a wine lake.
* 1991 , (Robert DeNiro) (actor), :
(obsolete) To present an offering.
(chiefly, dialectal) To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.
In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.
To make lake-red.
(obsolete) To play; to sport.
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* ~1590 , Henry VI, Part II, Act IV, Scene I
* 1991 , Talking It Over , ISBN 0-224-03157-0 page 13:
As verbs the difference between lake and walter
is that lake is to present an offering while walter is to roll or wallow; to welter.As proper nouns the difference between lake and walter
is that lake is {{surname} while Walter is a given name derived from Germanic.As a noun lake
is a small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.lake
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Despite their similarity in form and meaning, (etyl) lake is not related to (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before'' or ''after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* ephemeral lake * Great Lakes * Lake District * Lakes * lakeness * oxbow lakeSee also
* billabong * lagoon * pond * tarnReferences
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From (etyl) lake, lak, lac (also loke, laik, layke), from (etyl) .Derived terms
* bridelock * wedlockVerb
(lak)Etymology 3
From (etyl) lachenEtymology 4
From (etyl) , referring to the number of insects that gather on the trees and make the resin seep out.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* lake-redVerb
(lak)Etymology 5
Compare lek.Verb
(lak)Anagrams
* kale * leak English terms with multiple etymologies ----walter
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Whitmore . And so am I; my name is Walter Whitmore. / How now! why start'st thou? what! doth death affright?
- Suffolk''. Thy name affrights me, in whose sound is death. / A cunning man did calculate my birth, / And told me that by ''Water'' I should die. / Yet let not this make thee be bloody-minded; / Thy name is - ''Gaultier , being rightly sounded.
- And with some appellations, the contrary applies. Like Walter', for instance. You can't be '''Walter''' in a pram. You can't be ' Walter until you're about seventy-five in my view.
