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Tails vs Hails - What's the difference?

tails | hails |

As verbs the difference between tails and hails

is that tails is third-person singular of tail while hails is third-person singular of hail.

As a noun tails

is plural of lang=en.

tails

English

Noun

(head)
  • (slang) Short for tailcoat.
  • * So I'm putting on my top hat, tying on my white tie, brushing off my tails.'' - Chorus from ''Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (Irving Berlin)
  • The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar
  • Tails , I win.
  • (mining) tailings; waste
  • Antonyms

    * (side of coin ): heads

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tail)
  • Anagrams

    *

    hails

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hail)
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    hail

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) haile, hail, from (etyl) ). Root-cognates outside of Germanic include (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
  • Derived terms
    * hailstone * hail storm / hailstorm * hail shaft / hailshaft

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (impersonal) Said of the weather when hail is falling.
  • They say it's going to hail tomorrow.
  • to send or release hail
  • The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes .

    Etymology 2

    The adjective hail is a variant of (from the early 13th century). The transitive verb with the meaning "to salute" is also from the 13th century. The cognate verb heal is already Old English (. Also cognate is whole, from Old English (the spelling with wh- is unetymological, introduced in the 15th century).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to greet; give salutation to; salute.
  • To name; to designate; to call.
  • * Milton
  • And such a son as all men hailed me happy.
    He was hailed as a hero.
  • to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
  • Hail a taxi.
    Derived terms
    * hailer * hail from

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.
  • Interjection

    (en-intj)
  • An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Hail , brave friend.
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