Stoke vs Kindle - What's the difference?
stoke | kindle |
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.
* Chaucer
(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)
To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
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, title= (figuratively) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
(obsolete) To bring forth young; to give birth.
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* Holland
As a proper noun stoke
is stoke-on-trent, a city in staffordshire, england.As a noun kindle is
(obsolete) a group of kittens.As a verb kindle is
to start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc).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.
Derived terms
* stokeholeEtymology 3
(wikipedia stoke) Misconstruction of stokesNoun
(head)Anagrams
* ----kindle
English
Hypernyms
* clowder, glaringVerb
(kindl)- And then it was that I first perceived the danger in which I stood; for there was no hope of kindling a light, and I doubted now whether even in the light I could ever have done much to dislodge the great slab of slate.
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- The poor beast had but lately kindled .