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Orc vs Orl - What's the difference?

orc | orl |

As an initialism orc

is orange river colony, a name given to the orange free state when annexed by britain in 1900.

As a noun orl is

an (l) tree.

As an adverb orl is

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orc

English

(wikipedia orc)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) orque, (etyl) orca, and their source, (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several large, ferocious sea creatures, now especially the killer whale.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (fantasy, mythology) A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive.
  • * 1656 , Samuel Holland, Don Zara del Fogo , I.1:
    • Who at one stroke didst pare away three heads from off the shoulders of an Orke , begotten by an Incubus.
  • * 1834 , "The National Fairy Mythology of England" in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 10, p. 53:
    • The chief exploit of the hero, Beowulf the Great, is the destruction of the two monsters Grendel and his mother; both like most of the evil beings in the old times, dwellers in the fens and the waters; and both, moreover, as some Christian bard has taken care to inform us, of "Cain's kin," as were also the eotens, and the elves, and the orcs (eótenas, and ylfe, and orcneas).
  • * 1954 , (JRR Tolkien), The Fellowship of the Ring :
    • There was a flash like flame and the helm burst asunder. The orc fell with cloven head.

    See also

    * goblin * troll

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    orl

    English

    Etymology 1

    was a phonetic addition in (etyl)); compare the (etyl) oryelle, as well as the (etyl) erila, the (etyl) erle, and the Modern (etyl) Erle.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An (l) tree.
  • (obsolete, rare, elliptically) (l)
    • Derived terms
    * (l) (angling)

    References

    * “ Orl]” listed on page 205 of volume VII (O–P) of '' [1st ed., 1909]
    Orl,''' dial. form of ''olr'', ''alr'', Alder, the tree. [¶] [''c'' '''1440''', see Oryelle.] '''1747''' R. Bowlker ''Art of Angling'' 27 This Hedge ought to be made chiefly of Orls. '''1804''' Duncumb ''Hist. Hereford'' I. ''Gloss.'' (E. D. S.), ''Orl'', the wood alder. [¶] Hence '''Orl-fly''', ellipt. '''Orl''', the alder-fly, ''Sialis lutarius'', used by anglers. [¶     '''1747''' R. Bowlker ''Art of Angling'' 69 The Orle Fly..is the best Fly to Fish with after the May Flyes are gone. '''1787''' Best ''Angling'' (ed. 2) 115 The Orl fly comes on the latter end of May and continues on till the latter end of June. '''1875 W. Houghton ''Brit. Insects'' 64 The well-known orl or Alder-fly (''Sialis lutarius ). * “ orl” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989) * “ orl, n.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, September 2004)

    Etymology 2

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    Adverb

    (-)
    • That’s orl right.