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Lox vs Loa - What's the difference?

lox | loa |

As nouns the difference between lox and loa

is that lox is smoked salmon while loa is in the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings.

As an abbreviation LOX

is alternate form of lang=en|lox abbreviation of lang=en|liquid oxygen.

As an initialism LOA is

leave of absence.

lox

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Cognate to Icelandic lax, German Lachs. More at (l).

Noun

(-)
  • Smoked salmon.
    • Synonyms
    * (l)
    Hyponyms
    * (l)

    See also

    * ("lox" on Wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * LOX , LOx

    Noun

    (-)
  • Liquid oxygen.
    • Synonyms
    * *
    Coordinate terms
    * gox , GOX (gaseous oxygen)
    See also
    * (liquid hydrogen) * (liquid nitrogen) * LHe (liquid helium) * LNG (liquified natural gas) * LPG (liquified petroleum gas) English three-letter words ----

    loa

    English

    (wikipedia loa)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 714:
    • Equally surprising is to find St Patrick so prominent in many Vodou shrines, until one remembers that he too had been a slave who had twice crossed the sea, the second time to freedom, and that he had particular power over snakes, like the loa'' (Haitian equivalent of ''orisha ) Dambala Wèdo.

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