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Od vs Ance - What's the difference?

od | ance |

As an adjective od

is .

As a proper noun ance is

.

od

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of God.

Noun

(head)
  • (archaic except in dialects) God
  • Etymology 2

    An arbitrary coinage.

    Noun

    (head)
  • An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; — also called odyle or the odylic force.
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    * English two-letter words ----

    ance

    English

    Adverb

    (head)
  • (chiefly, Scotland)
  • * {{quote-book, year=a. 1805, author=Jane Elliot, title=English Poets of the Eighteenth Century, chapter=A Lament for Flodden, edition= citation
  • , passage=The English, for ance , by guile wan the day; The Flowers of the Forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of our land, lie cauld in the clay. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1818, author=Sir Walter Scott, title=The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage="If I were ance at Lunnon," said Jeanie, in exculpation, "I am amaist sure I could get means to speak to the queen about my sister's life." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1873, author=Anthony Trollope, title=The Eustace Diamonds, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Pownies ain't to be had for nowt in Ayrshire, as was ance , my leddie." }}

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