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Mote vs Moue - What's the difference?

mote | moue |

As nouns the difference between mote and moue

is that mote is thought, idea while moue is a pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.

mote

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small particle; a speck.
  • *
    • 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.
  • A tiny computer for remote sensing. Also known as smartdust.
    • See also
    * floater

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) moten, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:
    • he […] kept aloofe for dread to be descryde, / Untill fit time and place he mote' espy, / Where he ' mote worke him scath and villeny.
  • (obsolete) Must.
  • * 1980 , (Erica Jong), Fanny :
    • ‘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)
  • (obsolete) A meeting for discussion.
    • a wardmote in the city of London
  • (obsolete) A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
    • a folkmote
  • (obsolete) A place of meeting for discussion.
    • Derived terms
    * mote bell

    Anagrams

    * ----

    moue

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.
  • * 1913 , Jack London, The Valley of the Moon :
    • She glanced aside to the rim of the looking-glass where his photograph was wedged, shuddered, and made a moue of distaste.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VIII , passage=She made what I believe, though I wouldn't swear to it, is called a moue . Putting the lips together and shoving them out, if you know what I mean. The impression I got was that she was disappointed in Bertram, having expected better things [...].}}
  • * 2011 , Hadley Freeman, The Guardian , 2 Feb 2011:
    • Why do you wear European clothes?" fumed Oscar de la Renta with a moue of disapproval and stamp of his bejewelled foot (probably).

    Usage notes

    Often used in the phrase “make a moue ”, influenced by French “faire la ”, meaning “to pout”.

    External links

    * “ moue”, April 04, 2009 Word of the Day, Merriam-Webster ----