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Lea vs League - What's the difference?

lea | league |

As verbs the difference between lea and league

is that lea is to tie, bind while league is to form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.

As a noun league is

a group or association of cooperating members or league can be (measurement) the distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three english miles (about five kilometers).

lea

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) legh, lege, lei "clearing, open ground" from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • an open field, meadow
  • *XIX century , Alfred Tennyson,
  • *:Two children in two neighbor villages
  • *:Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas ;

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) lier, to bind

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
  • A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    league

    English

    (wikipedia league)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) ligg, from (etyl) ligue, from (etyl) lega, from the verb legare, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group or association of cooperating members.
    • the League of Nations
  • * Denham
    • And let there be / 'Twixt us and them no league , nor amity.
  • An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
    • My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League''' and the American '''League in baseball.
  • (informal) Rugby league.
    • Are you going to watch the league tonight?
    Derived terms
    * bush league * in a league of one's own * in league (with) * major league * minor league * non-league * out of one's league * seven-league boots

    Verb

    (leagu)
  • To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
    • (South)

    Etymology 2

    From (m), possibly from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
  • * M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47
    • Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.''
  • A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

    • References

    * Online Etymology, league * Middle English Dictionary, lege