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What is the difference between ora and battle?

ora | battle |

As nouns the difference between ora and battle

is that ora is {{plural of|os|lang=en}}; mouths or openings, especially of the cervix or ora can be a unit of money among the anglo-saxons while battle is a general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.

As a adjective battle is

{{context|uk|_|dialectal|chiefly|scotland|northern england|lang=en}} {{context|agriculture|lang=en}} improving; nutritious; fattening.

As a verb battle is

{{context|transitive|uk|_|dialectal|chiefly|scotland|northern england|lang=en}} to nourish; feed or battle can be {{context|intransitive|lang=en}} to join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.

ora

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(head)
  • ; mouths or openings, especially of the cervix.
  • Etymology 2

    Anglo-Saxon.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons.
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    battle

    English

    Etymology 1

    From Early Modern English .

    Alternative forms

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Improving; nutritious; fattening.
  • battle''' grass'', '''''battle pasture
  • Fertile; fruitful.
  • battle''' soil'', '''''battle land
    Derived terms
    *

    Verb

    (battl)
  • To nourish; feed.
  • To render fertile or fruitful, as in soil.
  • Derived terms
    * (l) *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from ). Displaced native (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * batail

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
  • A struggle; a contest.
  • :
  • *(rfdate) (Henry Morley) (1822-1894):
  • *:The whole intellectual battle that had at its centre the best poem of the best poet of that day.
  • *
  • *:In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages—with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive.
  • *2012', Clive James 'near the end' in cancer ' battle , ITV News, 21 June 2012:
  • *:Australian broadcaster Clive James has admitted that he is losing his long-fought battle with leukaemia.
  • A division of an army; a battalion.
  • *:
  • *:THenne kyng Arthur made redy his hoost in x batails' and Nero was redy in the felde afore the castel Tarabil with a grete hoost / & he had x ' batails with many mo peple than Arthur had
  • *(rfdate) (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626):
  • *:The king divided his army into three battles .
  • *(rfdate) (1721-1793):
  • *:The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle , and on it alone depended the fate of every action.
  • *2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, page 634:
  • *:‘I will have more than twelve thousand men. I mean to divide them into three battles and start up the causeway a half-day apart.’
  • (label) The main body, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; battalia.
  • :(Hayward)
  • Synonyms
    * conflict * encounter * contest * action
    Derived terms
    * battlearray * battlefield * battleground / battle ground * battle of the sexes * battle piece * battle royal * battle song * do battle * drawn battle * fight a losing battle * give battle * join battle * pitched battle * wager of battle

    Verb

    (battl)
  • To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
  • She has been battling against cancer for years .
  • To assail in battle; to fight or struggle.
  • She has been battling cancer for years .

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