Mole vs Mold - What's the difference?
mole | mold |
Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.
Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.
(espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.
A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines
(nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.
* 1847 — George A. Fisk, A pastor's memorial of the holy land
* 1983 — Archibald Lyall, Arthur Norman Brangham, The companion guide to the south of France
(rare) A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.
(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kg]] of . Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as [[Avogadro's number, Avogadro’s number
One of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America, especially the sauce which contains chocolate and which is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.
A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
The shape or pattern of a mold.
General shape or form.
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*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:Crowned with an architrave of antique mould .
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold , like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
Distinctive character or type.
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A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
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(lb) A group of moldings.
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(lb) A fontanelle.
To shape in or on a mold.
To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
* Job 10:8-9, Old Testament , New International Version:
To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence; as, a teacher who helps to mold the minds of his students
To fit closely by following the contours of.
To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
To ornament with moldings.
To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
(senseid)A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
Mold is a alternative form of mole.
As nouns the difference between mole and mold
is that mole is a pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy while mold is a hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.As a proper noun Mole
is a river in Surrey, England.As a verb mold is
to shape in or on a mold.mole
English
(wikipedia mole)Etymology 1
From (etyl) mole, mool, from (etyl) .Synonyms
* birthmark * nevus, naevus,Etymology 2
From (etyl) mol, molde, molle, from (etyl) . Derivation as an abbreviation of (etyl) molewarpe, a variation of moldewarpe, in Middle English is unexplained and probably unlikely due to the simultaneous occurrence of both words. See mouldwarp.Alternative forms
* mool, moule, mowle, mold (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* golden mole * mole crab * mole cricket * mole rat * mole run * mole salamanderSynonyms
* mouldwarpEtymology 3
From moll'' (from ''Moll'', an archaic nickname for ''Mary''), influenced by the spelling of the word ''mole ("an internal spy"), and due to /m?l/ and /m??l/ merging as [mo?l] in the Australian accent.Synonyms
* mollEtymology 4
(etyl) or (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)mole(accessed: March 30, 2007)
- [Alexander the Great] then conceived the stupendous idea of constructing a mole , which should at once connect [Tyre] with the main land; and this was actually accomplished by driving piles and pouring in incalculable quantities of soil and fragments of rock; and it is generally believed, partly on the authority of ancient authors, that the whole ruins of Old Tyre were absorbed in this vast enterprize, and buried in the depths of the sea [...]
- [about Saint-Tropez] Yachts and fishing boats fill the little square of water, which is surrounded on two sides by quays, on the third by a small ship-repairing yard and on the fourth by the mole where the fishing boats moor and the nets are spread out to dry.
Etymology 5
(1897) (etyl) Mol.Alternative forms
* mol (dated)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* gram moleculeEtymology 6
(hydatidiform mole) From (etyl) mola.Etymology 7
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)mole(accessed: March 30, 2007)
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Anagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologies ----mold
English
(wikipedia mold)Alternative forms
* mould (Commonwealth spelling)Etymology 1
Via (etyl) and (etyl), from (etyl) modulusNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* break the mold * (archaeology) post mold * (paleontology) fossil moldVerb
(en verb)- Your hands shaped me and made me....Remember that you molded me like clay.
- These shoes gradually molded to my feet.