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Tailed vs Toiled - What's the difference?

tailed | toiled |

As verbs the difference between tailed and toiled

is that tailed is (tail) while toiled is (toil).

As an adjective tailed

is (in combination ) having the specified form of tail.

tailed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (tail)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (in combination ) having the specified form of tail
  • It is a species of long-tailed mouse.
  • Having a tail.
  • There are several tailed species of mammals.

    Derived terms

    * tailed frog

    Anagrams

    * *

    toiled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (toil)
  • ----

    toil

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • labour, work
  • * 1908:
  • ...he set to work again and made the snow fly in all directions around him. After some further toil his efforts were rewarded, and a very shabby door-mat lay exposed to view.
  • trouble, strife
  • A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; usually in the plural.
  • * Denham
  • As a Numidian lion, when first caught, / Endures the toil that holds him.
  • * Dryden
  • Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To labour; work.
  • To struggle.
  • To work (something); often with out .
  • * Holland
  • places well toiled and husbanded
  • * Milton
  • [I] toiled out my uncouth passage.
  • To weary through excessive labour.
  • * Shakespeare
  • toiled with works of war

    Synonyms

    * , (l)

    See also

    * toil and moil

    Anagrams

    * ----