Oblate vs Ablate - What's the difference?
oblate | ablate |
(Roman Catholic Church) A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.
* 2007', The Venerable Bede started as an '''oblate at St Paul's, Jarrow, but by the time of his death in 735 was surely the most learned man in Europe. — Tom Shippey, ‘I Lerne Song’, ''London Review of Books 29:4, p. 19
Flattened or depressed at the poles.
* 1922', Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this '''oblate orange? — James Joyce, ''Ulysses
* 1997', ‘ ’Tis prolate, still,’ with a long dejected Geordie O. ‘Isn’t it…?’ ‘I’m an Astronomer,– trust me, ’tis gone well to '''oblate .’ — Thomas Pynchon, ''Mason & Dixon
To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.
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As a noun oblate
is a person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.As an adjective oblate
is flattened or depressed at the poles.As a verb ablate is
to remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.oblate
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m) and its source, post-classical (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From ).Adjective
(en adjective)- The Earth is an oblate spheroid.
