Paled vs Pealed - What's the difference?
paled | pealed |
(pale)
(obsolete) striped
* Spenser
(obsolete) Enclosed with a paling.
* Spenser
(peal)
A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
* 1883:
* Hayward
* Shakespeare
* Byron
A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale.
The changes rung on a set of bells.
To sound with a peal or peals.
* 1864: , Christmas Bells
* 1939: , In My Merry Oldsmobile
* 2006:
To utter or sound loudly.
* J. Barlow
To assail with noise.
* Milton
To resound; to echo.
* Longfellow
(UK, dialect) To pour out.
(obsolete) To appeal.
As verbs the difference between paled and pealed
is that paled is past tense of pale while pealed is past tense of peal.As an adjective paled
is striped.paled
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- [Buskins] paled part per part.
- A paled green.
Anagrams
* * *pealed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*peal
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- And, falling on a bench, he laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks, I could not help joining; and we laughed together, peal' after ' peal
- a fair peal of artillery
- whether those peals of praise be his or no
- and a deep thunder, peal' on ' peal , afar
Verb
(en verb)- Then pealed the bells more loud and deep...
- To the church we'll swiftly steal, then our wedding bells will peal ,
- You can go as far you like with me, in my merry Oldsmobile.
New York Times
- The bell pealed 20 times, clanging into the dusk as Mr. Bush’s motorcade drove off.
- The warrior's name, / Though pealed and chimed on all the tongues of fame.
- Nor was his ear less pealed .
- And the whole air pealed / With the cheers of our men.
- (Halliwell)
- (Spencer)