Mone vs Monk - What's the difference?
mone | monk |
(obsolete) Communion; participation; companionship.
(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
(archaic) A companion.
To admonish; advise; explain.
A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
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in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=20 (slang) A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
(slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
(slang) A judge.
(printing) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed; distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.
A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
A South American monkey (.
The (European bullfinch).
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between mone and monk
is that mone is while monk is a male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.mone
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) mone, imone, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) monien, from (etyl) monian, .Verb
(en-verb)Etymology 3
From (etyl) mone, alteration (affected by . More at (l).monk
English
(wikipedia monk)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”}}
