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Spoke vs Besmear - What's the difference?

spoke | besmear |

As a noun spoke

is a ghost (spirit appearing after death).

As a verb besmear is

to smear over; smear all over; sully.

spoke

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) spaca

Noun

(wikipedia spoke) (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Verb

    (spok)
  • To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (speak)

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    besmear

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To smear over; smear all over; sully.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , author = (William Stukeley) , title = , year = 1734 , page = 57 , passage = ...carters and coachmen, who make in imitation thereof a composition of grease and tar, with which they besmear the inside of the naves of wheels and the extremitys of the axis upon which they move. }}
  • :* {{quote-news
    • , date=2012-01-26 , first=Mike Allen , last=Jim Vandehei , authorlink= , coauthor= , title=Drudge, conservative media criticize Newt Gingrich , newspaper=Politico , city= , publisher= , quotee= citation , page= , passage=His public record is already besmeared with tawdry divorces,… }}

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