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Ode vs Owe - What's the difference?

ode | owe |

As a noun ode

is sister.

As a verb owe is

to be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.

ode

English

(wikipedia ode)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
    • Ode on a Grecian Urn —Keats

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    owe

    English

    Verb

    (ow)
  • To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
  • *1854 , Dickens, Hard Times , Chapter 7:
  • *:He inherited a fair fortune from his uncle, but owed it all before he came into it, and spent it twice over immediately afterwards.
  • To have debt, to be in debt.

    • Usage notes

    * The original past tense form was ought, which during Middle English began to be used with indefinite signification and has become a distinct verb. The original past participle has become the adjective own.

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