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Lude vs Lode - What's the difference?

lude | lode |

As a verb lude

is .

As a noun lode is

(obsolete) a way or path; a road.

lude

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) * (l) (Scotland)

Noun

(luden)
  • (obsolete) Sound, noise, clamor
    • Þa hunten wenden æfter mid muchelen heora lude .'' — ''Layamon's Brut
    Þa luden heo iherden of þan Rom-leoden.'' — ''Layamon's Brut

    Etymology 2

    From Quaalude

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pill containing the drug methaqualone

    • Etymology 3

    From Prelude

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A model of car

    • Anagrams

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    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

    Anagrams

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