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Spade vs Spake - What's the difference?

spade | spake |

As adjectives the difference between spade and spake

is that spade is while spake is (obsolete) quiet; tame.

As a verb spake is

(archaic) (speak).

spade

English

(wikipedia spade)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) spadu, spada, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
  • * 1898 , , Chapter 4
  • 'Make your mind easy,' Ratsey said; 'I have dug too often in this graveyard for any to wonder if they see me with a spade .'
  • A playing card marked with the symbol .
  • I've got only one spade in my hand.
  • (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
  • A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
  • Verb

    (spad)
  • To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.
  • (videogaming) To collect and statistically analyze data, for the purpose of determining the underlying random number generator structure or numeric formula.
  • Etymology 2

    Compare spay, noun.

    Alternative forms

    * spaid * spayade

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hart or stag three years old.
  • A castrated man or animal.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    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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