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Spake vs Smake - What's the difference?

spake | smake |

As verbs the difference between spake and smake

is that spake is (archaic) (speak) while smake is to smack; taste.

As an adjective spake

is (obsolete) quiet; tame.

As a noun smake is

a smack; taste; scent.

spake

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) spake, spak, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Quiet; tame.
  • (obsolete) Ready; prompt.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) spak, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

  • (archaic) (speak)
  • * , Genesis 8:15-16
    • And God spake unto Noah, saying,
    Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

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    * * English irregular simple past forms

    smake

    English

    Verb

    (smak)
  • To smack; taste.
  • *1882 , Bricktop, The trip of the Sardine Club :
    • Even Bill Bitters could not find it in his heart to say a word against this moisture, and he actually smaked his lips, although he turned away lest someone should see him do it.
  • * 1893 , Margaret Sidney, Five little Peppers Midway :
    • Now, that's good," smaking his lips in a pleased way.
  • * 1918 , Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.), Locomotive engineers journal :
    • He smaked his lips in anticipation of the coming treat.
  • *1922 , Lucy Fox Robins Lang, Mrs. Lucy Robins, War Shadows :
    • It is not a nice place to look at, rough you know,” he smiled, and his right eye winked at Frayne: “But the corned beef and cabbage, and the waffles. Mm!” He smaked his lips with desire.
  • * 2001 , James Joyce, Dubliners :
    • "And what about the address to the King?" said Mr. Lyons, after drinking and smaking his lips.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A smack; taste; scent.
  • * 1831 , Congressional edition:
    • The 15th we came to Hatorask, in thirty-six degrees and a terse, at four fadom, three leagues from the shore, where we might perceive a smake at the place where I left the colony, 1587."
  • * 1856 , Edward Augustus Bond, Giles Fletcher, Sir Jerome Horsey, Russia at the close of the sixteenth century :
    • A smake there is in other things, but small purpose.
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