Sale vs Ale - What's the difference?
sale | ale |
An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
The sale of goods at reduced prices.
The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
As nouns the difference between sale and ale
is that sale is a hall while ale is an intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.As a proper noun Sale
is a town in Greater Manchester, England.sale
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sale, sal, from (etyl) . Related also to (l), (l).Etymology 2
From (etyl) sale, from (etyl) .Noun
(s)Derived terms
* for sale * on sale * regular sales * salesman * sales pitchTroponyms
* (selling of goods at reduced prices) cut-rate sale, sales event * (act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder) auction, public saleAnagrams
* ----ale
English
Noun
- Note: The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all non-distilled malt liquors.