Ovaline vs Oval - What's the difference?
ovaline | oval | Derived terms |
In the shape of an oval, or similar to the shape of an oval.
*1862 , "Mr. Axtell", The Atlantic Monthly , volume 10, page 447:
*1994 , Tito Perdue, The New Austerities , p. 33:
*2013 , Steve Moody, The Gossamer Intervention , page 272:
Oval is a derived term of ovaline.
As adjectives the difference between ovaline and oval
is that ovaline is in the shape of an oval, or similar to the shape of an oval while oval is having the shape of an oval.As a noun oval is
a shape rather like an egg or an ellipse.As a proper noun Oval is
a cricket ground in South London.ovaline
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Obeying the mighty behest, I beheld, and an ovaline picture, painted in the artistry of heaven, let down from the crystalline walls, that I might not see, and held fast by a cord of gold, safe in an angel's keeping, God had sent for me to look upon.
- He took two bottles, one of which held an ovaline pill that was faintly pink and bore a label on it with a picture of the moon.
- Passing the large, ovaline swimming pool with its pretty little wooden bridge that connected the adult swimming and children's splashing areas, they skirted along the sea-side edge of the main hotel and then veered to the right when they came to the croquet lawn.
