Path vs Pate - What's the difference?
path | pate |
A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
* (John Dryden)
* , chapter=1
, title= A course taken.
* 1900 , , , Chapter I,
(paganism) A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
A metaphorical course.
A method or direction of proceeding.
* Bible, Psalms xxv. 10
* Gray
(computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL
(graph theory) A sequence of vertices]] from one vertex to another using the arcs ([[edge, edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path , where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
(topology) A continuous map from the unit interval to a topological space .
To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).
* Drayton
(somewhat, archaic) The head, particularly the top or crown.
(archaic) Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities.
* 1598 , , by Shakespeare
* 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
(finely-ground paste of meat, fish, etc.)
The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color.
As nouns the difference between path and pate
is that path is a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians while pate is .As a verb path
is to make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).path
English
(wikipedia path)Noun
(en noun)- The dewy paths of meadows we will tread.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}
- Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.
- All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth.
- The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Synonyms
* (1): track, trail; see alsoDerived terms
* bridle path * cross paths * cycle path * footpath * path of least resistance * pathwayVerb
(en verb)- pathing young Henry's unadvised ways
References
* Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; June 2005]Anagrams
* * 1000 English basic wordspate
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (attested since around 1200), perhaps a shortened form of (etyl) patene'' or .Noun
(en noun)- He had a shiny, bald pate .
- 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.
- 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.