Ovaline vs Valine - What's the difference?
ovaline | valine |
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:
(amino acid, organic compound, ) An essential amino acid 2-amino-3-methylbutanoic acid found in most animal proteins.
As an adjective ovaline
is in the shape of an oval, or similar to the shape of an oval.As a noun valine is
tool, means, implement.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.