Novel vs Noel - What's the difference?
novel | noel |
(obsolete) A novelty; something new.
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A work of prose fiction, longer than a short story.
(classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
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* 2009 , A Gate at the Stairs , Faber and Faber, ISBN 978-0-571-24946-6, page 162:
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As a verb novel
is to increase (to make larger).As a noun noel is
.novel
English
(wikipedia novel)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Usage notes
* Said of ideas, ways, etc.Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 2
In various senses from (etyl) novelle or (etyl) novella, both from (etyl) novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, from . Some senses came to English directly from the Latin. (etystub)Noun
(en noun)- merry talessuch as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels , and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione , which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with.
Derived terms
* novelisation, novelization * novelistnoel
English
(wikipedia Noel)Alternative forms
*Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Etymology 2
From Noel in the sense of Christmas; given since Middle Ages to children born at Christmastide.Proper noun
(en proper noun)- When Noel' came, noisily bursting through the back door with buckets of cleansers and sponges, I introduced myself. "Just call me No''elle''," he said of himself. "When I was little they used to call me '''Noel''', ' Noel , the toilet bowl. Although now I have thought of painting that on the side of my van. It might be good for business? I don't know."
