Mote vs Moe - What's the difference?
mote | moe |
A small particle; a speck.
*
A tiny computer for remote sensing. Also known as smartdust.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:
(obsolete) Must.
* 1980 , (Erica Jong), Fanny :
(obsolete) A meeting for discussion.
(obsolete) A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
(obsolete) A place of meeting for discussion.
(slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction toward, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
* Shakespeare
* George Gascoigne
(to make faces)
As nouns the difference between mote and moe
is that mote is thought, idea while moe is .mote
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
See also
* floaterEtymology 2
From (etyl) moten, from (etyl) . Related to (l).Verb
(head)- he […] kept aloofe for dread to be descryde, / Untill fit time and place he mote' espy, / Where he ' mote worke him scath and villeny.
- ‘I shall not take Vengeance into my own Hands. The Goddess will do what She will.’ ‘So mote it be,’ said the Grandmaster.
Usage notes
* Generally takes an infinitive without to .Etymology 3
See .Noun
(en noun)- a wardmote in the city of London
- a folkmote
Derived terms
* mote bellAnagrams
* ----moe
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia moe) From (etyl) .Alternative forms
*Noun
(-)Derived terms
* figure moe zoku * moe anthropomorphismSee also
*Etymology 2
Variant forms.Adverb
(head)- Sing no more ditties, sing no moe .
- Many mast'ries moe .