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Pate vs Skull - What's the difference?

pate | skull |

As nouns the difference between pate and skull

is that pate is while skull is (anatomy) the main bones of the head considered as a unit; the cranium or skull can be .

As a verb skull is

to hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object.

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

    * * * ----

    skull

    English

    (wikipedia skull)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), probably from (etyl) . Compare (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m). http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/skull?s=t

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; the cranium.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
    • He was about to roar when, lying among the black sticks and straw under the cliff, he saw a whole skull'—perhaps a cow's '''skull''', a '''skull''', perhaps, with the teeth in it. Sobbing, but absent-mindedly, he ran farther and farther away until he held the ' skull in his arms.
  • A symbol for death; death's-head
    • Derived terms
    * numskull, numbskull * skull and crossbones * (l)
    Synonyms
    * brainpan * cranium (anatomy) * harnpan
    Meronyms
    * (-)
    See also
    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object.

    • References

    Etymology 2

    See .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1586 , , Albion’s England :
    • A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him.
  • * 1601 , (Philemon Holland) (translator), (Pliny the Elder) (author), , book IX, chapter xv: “Of the names and natures of many fishes.”:
    • These fishs, togither with the old Tunies and the young, called Pelamides, enter in great flotes and skulls , into the sea Pontus, for the sweet food that they there find: and every companie of them hath their fever all leaders and captaines; and before them all, the Maquerels lead the way; which, while they be in the water, have a colour of brimstone; but without, like they be to the rest.
    (Webster 1913) ----