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Mistle vs Pistle - What's the difference?

mistle | pistle |

In obsolete terms the difference between mistle and pistle

is that mistle is mistletoe while pistle is a written communication; a letter, an epistle.

As a verb mistle

is to fall like a fine rain, to drizzle.

mistle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) mistletoe
  • the mistle thrush

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To fall like a fine rain, to drizzle.

    • Related terms

    *mist

    pistle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A written communication; a letter, an epistle.
  • *1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts XV:
  • *:When they were departed, they cam to Antioche and gaddred the multitude togedder and delivered the pistle .