Lore vs Blore - What's the difference?
lore | blore |
all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
* Milton
The backstory created around a fictional universe.
(obsolete) workmanship
(anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
(anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
(obsolete) (lose)
* Spenser
(archaic, dialectal) To cry; cry out; weep.
(archaic, dialectal) To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow.
(obsolete) The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.
* Chapman
In obsolete terms the difference between lore and blore
is that lore is past tense of lose while blore is the act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.lore
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lore, from (etyl) '', German ''Lehre . See also (l).Noun
- the lore of the Ancient Egyptians
- His fair offspring, nursed in princely lore .
- (Spenser)
Derived terms
* birdlore * booklore * catlore * doglore * faxlore * fishlore * folklore * photocopylore * woodlore * wortlore * xeroxloreEtymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* loredEtymology 3
Verb
(head)- Neither of them she found where she them lore .
Anagrams
* ----blore
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from (etyl) .Verb
(blor)Etymology 2
Perhaps from (blore) above, a variant of (blare), affected by (blow). Compare also Gaelic and Irish .Noun
(en noun)- A most tempestuous blore .