Spoke vs Stoke - What's the difference?
spoke | stoke |
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)
To poke, pierce, thrust.
To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
To stick; to thrust; to stab.
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(physics) (A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per millilitre)
In transitive terms the difference between spoke and stoke
is that spoke is to furnish (a wheel) with spokes while stoke is to feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.As a proper noun Stoke is
stoke-on-Trent, a city in Staffordshire, England.spoke
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) spacaNoun
(wikipedia spoke) (en noun)Verb
(spok)Etymology 2
Verb
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*stoke
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) stoken, from (etyl) , from the same Germanic source. More at (l).Verb
(stok)Etymology 2
From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from (etyl) stoker, from (etyl) , see: tandenstoker. Ultimately the same word as above.Verb
(stok)- Nor short sword for to stoke , with point biting.
