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Owe vs Vowe - What's the difference?

owe | vowe |

As verbs the difference between owe and vowe

is that owe is to be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone while vowe is .

As a noun vowe is

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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.

    Anagrams

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    vowe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1592, author=R.D., title=Hypnerotomachia, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=And his discreete father, being safe according to his vowe , hanging vp his wings in the temple of Appollo . }}

    Verb

    (head)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1504, author=Nicholas Udall, title=Roister Doister, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=I vse to kisse all them that I loue to God I vowe . }}