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Tales vs Tails - What's the difference?

tales | tails |

As nouns the difference between tales and tails

is that tales is or tales can be (legal) a person available to fill vacancies in a jury while tails is .

As a verb tails is

(tail).

tales

English

Etymology 1

See tale

Noun

(head)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) plural of

    Noun

    (tales)
  • (legal) A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
  • (legal) A book or register of people available to fill jury vacancies.
  • (legal) A writ to summon people to court to fill vacancies in a jury.
    • Derived terms
    * tales book * talesman

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    * English heteronyms ----

    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)

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