Spake vs Spoke - What's the difference?
spake | spoke |
(archaic) (speak)
* , Genesis 8:15-16
A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
(nautical) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
A rung of a ladder.
A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill.
To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.
(speak)
As verbs the difference between spake and spoke
is that spake is simple past of speak while spoke is to furnish (a wheel) with spokes.As an adjective spake
is quiet; tame.As a noun spoke is
a support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.spake
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) spake, spak, from (etyl) .Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) spak, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
- And God spake unto Noah, saying,
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.