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Pate vs Kate - What's the difference?

pate | kate |

As nouns the difference between pate and kate

is that pate is the head, particularly the top or crown while kate is the brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla.

As a proper noun Kate is

a medieval pet form of Catherine and related names. Also used as a formal female given name.

pate

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (attested since around 1200), perhaps a shortened form of (etyl) patene'' or .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (somewhat, archaic) The head, particularly the top or crown.
  • He had a shiny, bald pate .
  • (archaic) Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities.
  • * 1598 , , by Shakespeare
  • I am resolved; 'tis but a three years' fast:
    The mind shall banquet, though the body pine:
    Fat paunches have lean pates , and dainty bits
    Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits.
  • * 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
  • I thank thee for that jest: here's a garment
    for't: wit shall not go unrewarded while I am king of
    this country: 'Steal by line and level,' is an excellent
    pass of pate : there's another garment for't.
    Derived terms
    * pated
    See also
    * capital

    Etymology 2

    Attested since circa 1700, from (etyl) , from (etyl) paste'', ''pastée .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finely-ground paste of meat, fish, etc.)
  • The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color.
  • Anagrams

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    kate

    English

    (wikipedia Kate)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A medieval pet form of Catherine and related names. Also used as a formal female given name.
  • * ~~1594 William Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew : Act II, Scene I:
  • Petruchio .Good morrow, Kate ; for that's your name, I hear.
    Katharina .Well have you heard, but something hard of hearing: / They call me Katharine that do talk of me.
    Petruchio''.You lie, in faith; for you are call'd plain Kate''', / And bonny '''Kate''', and sometimes ' Kate the curst;
  • * 1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
  • A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. - - - A clergyman in my neighbourhood used to mistake the sound, and christen the babies Catharine; - a wise error, for Kate is a noble abbreviation.
  • * 1944 A.J.Cronin: The Green Years .Little, Brown, and Company, 1944. page 62:
  • "And I have such a horrible name. Think of it... Kate . Who would take Kate on a Moonlight Cruise...or out to the Minstrels at the point. If you ever do find me in the company of a strange young man, call me Irene. Promise me."