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Lode vs Ode - What's the difference?

lode | ode |

As nouns the difference between lode and ode

is that lode is a way or path; a road while ode is a short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.

lode

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A way or path; a road.
  • (dialectal) a watercourse
  • (mining) A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.
  • (by extension) A rich source of supply.

    • Related terms

    * lodestar * loadstone * mother lode

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    ode

    English

    (wikipedia ode)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
    • Ode on a Grecian Urn —Keats

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