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Slave vs Clave - What's the difference?

slave | clave |

As nouns the difference between slave and clave

is that slave is a person who is the property of another person and whose labor and also whose life often is subject to the owner's volition while clave is one half of a set of claves, a percussion instrument consisting of two sticks, one of which is used to strike the other.

As verbs the difference between slave and clave

is that slave is to work hard while clave is past tense of cleave.

As a proper noun Slavé

is alternative form of Slavey|lang=en.

slave

English

Alternative forms

: * ** sclaue * ** sclaue ** sclave * ** sclaue ** sklaw ** sklaue ** sklave : * ** slaif ** slaue ** slave (modern spelling developed) * ** slaue ** slave (whenceforth the modern spelling predominated)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is the property of another person and whose labor and also whose life often is subject to the owner's volition.
  • A person who is legally obliged by prior contract (oral or written) to work for another, with contractually limited rights to bargain; an indentured servant.
  • One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders to something.
    • a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition
  • A drudge; one who labours like a slave.
  • An abject person; a wretch.
    • Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast kill'd/ Mine innocent child? Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing.
  • A person who is forced against his/her will to perform, for another person or other persons, sexual acts or other personal services on a regular or continuing basis.
  • (engineering) A device that is controlled by another device.

    • Derived terms

    (terms derived from slave) * antislavery * bondslave * enslave * enslavement * enslaver * no slave to fashion * postslavery * sex slave * sexual slavery * slaveboy * slave code * slavedom * slave driver, slave-driver * Slave Dynasty * slave-girl, slavegirl * slaveholder * slaveholding * slave labour * slaveless * slavelike * slavemaster * slaveowner * slaver * slave to fashion * slavery * slave ship * slave trade * slavey * slavish * wage slave * white slave * white slaver * white slavery

    See also

    * chattel * indentured servant * * (Slavery)

    Verb

    (slav)
  • To work hard.
    • I was slaving all day over a hot stove.
  • To enslave.
    • (Marston)
  • To place a device under the control of another.
    • to slave a hard disk
  • * 2005 , Simon Millward, Fast Guide to Cubase SX (page 403)
    • Slaving one digital audio device to another unit using timecode alone results in time-based synchronisation

    References

    * August 2, 2004 , "EE Times: Beware 'zombie' clauses * Notes:

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) ----

    clave

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (cleave)
  • * , Genesis, 22:3
    • And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
  • * , Ruth 1:14
    • And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1868
    • , author=Thomas Malory , title=Le Morte D'Arthur , chapter=11 , url= , isbn= , page= , passage=Sir Launcelot put his shield afore him, and put the stroke away of the one giant, and with his sword he clave his head asunder.}}

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) clave, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (musical instruments) One half of a set of claves, a percussion instrument consisting of two sticks, one of which is used to strike the other.
  • (music) A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.

    • See also

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