Peel vs Flake - What's the difference?
peel | flake |
To remove the skin or outer covering of.
* Shakespeare
To remove from the outer or top layer of.
To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
To remove one's clothing.
To move, separate (off or away)
The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
The action of peeling away from a formation.
(label) cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate.
(obsolete) A stake.
(obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
(archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
(archaic, US) The blade of an oar.
(Scotland, and, curling) An equal or match; a draw.
(curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
: to sound loudly.
* 1825 June 25, "My Village Bells", in The Circulator of Useful Knowledge, Literature, Amusement, and General Information'' number XXVI, available in, 1825, ''The Circulator of Useful Amusement, Literature, Science, and General Information , page 401,
* 1901 January 1, "Twentieth Century's Triumphant Entry", , page 1,
* 2006 , Miles Richardson, Being-In-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place , , ISBN 0807132047, pages 230–231,
(archaic) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
* Milton
A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, paint, or fish.
(archaeology) A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
(informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
To break or chip off in a flake.
(colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
(technical) To store an item such as rope in layers
(Ireland, slang) to hit (another person).
(UK) Dogfish.
(Australia) The meat of the gummy shark.
* 1999 , R. Shotton, , Case studies of the management of elasmobranch fisheries , Part 1,
* 2007 , Archie Gerzee, WOW! Tales of a Larrikin Adventurer ,
* 2007 , Lyall Robert Ford, 101 ways to Improve Your Health ,
(UK, dialect) A paling; a hurdle.
A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
* English Husbandman
(nautical) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc.
As verbs the difference between peel and flake
is that peel is to remove the skin or outer covering of while flake is to break or chip off in a flake.As nouns the difference between peel and flake
is that peel is the skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc while flake is a loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, paint, or fish.As a proper noun Peel
is a town on the Isle of Man.peel
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
- The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
- I peeled (the skin from) an orange and ate it hungrily.
- We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
- I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel .
- The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
- The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
Synonyms
* (remove outer covering) skin, strip * (remove clothing) disrobe, stripDerived terms
* peel off * peel out * keep one's eyes peeled (i.e. with eyelids open) * peelerNoun
Synonyms
* (skin of a fruit) rind, zestDerived terms
* orange peel * peel strengthEtymology 2
(etyl) and (etyl) pel (compare modern French pieu), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* peel-house, peelhouse * peel-towerEtymology 3
From (etyl) pele (compare modern (pelle)), from (etyl) pala, from the base of .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 4
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 5
Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.Etymology 6
Misspelling of peal.Verb
(en verb)- Oh ! still for me let merry bells peel out their holy chime;
- The lights flashed, the crowds sang,... bells peeled , bombs thundered,... and the new Century made its triumphant entry.
- As the tiny Virgin... approaches one of the barrio churches, bells peel vigorously, a brass band launches into a fast-paced tune, and large rockets zoom... .
Etymology 7
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- But govern ill the nations under yoke, / Peeling their provinces.
flake
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls.
- flakes of dandruff
- She makes pleasant conversation, but she's kind of a flake when it comes time for action.
Verb
- The paint flaked off after only a year.
- He said he'd come and help, but he flaked .
- The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment.
Derived terms
* flake off * flake outEtymology 2
A name given to dogfish to improve its marketability as a food, perhaps from etymology 1.Noun
(-)page 746,
- Larger shark received about 10%/kg less than those in the 4-6 kg range. Most of the Victorian landed product is wholesaled as carcasses on the Melbourne Fish Market where it is sold to fish and chip shops, the retail sector and through restaurants as ‘flake ’.
page 141,
- The local fish shop sold a bit of flake (shark) but most people were too spoiled to eat shark. The main item on the Kiwi table was still snapper, and there was plenty of them, caught by the Kiwis themselves, so no shortage whatsoever.
page 45,
- Until recently, deep-sea fish were considered to have insignificant levels of mercury but even these now contain higher levels than they used to, so you should also avoid the big fish like tuna, swordfish, and flake (shark) that are highest up the food chain.
Etymology 3
Compare Icelandic flaki''?, ''fleki''?, Danish ''flage'', Dutch ''vlaak .Noun
(en noun)- You shall also, after they be ripe, neither suffer them to have straw nor fern under them, but lay them either upon some smooth table, boards, or flakes of wands, and they will last the longer.