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Pistle vs Pestle - What's the difference?

pistle | pestle |

As nouns the difference between pistle and pestle

is that pistle is (obsolete) a written communication; a letter, an epistle while pestle is a club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.

As a verb pestle is

to pound, crush, rub or grind (things), as in a mortar with a pestle.

pistle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A written communication; a letter, an epistle.
  • *1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts XV:
  • *:When they were departed, they cam to Antioche and gaddred the multitude togedder and delivered the pistle .

    • pestle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
  • (archaic) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
    • (Chapman)
  • The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.
    • a pestle of pork

    Coordinate terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (pestl)
  • To pound, crush, rub or grind (things), as in a mortar with a pestle.

    • Related terms

    * (l) * (l)

    References