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Tote vs Tode - What's the difference?

tote | tode |

As nouns the difference between tote and tode

is that tote is a bag, specifically a tote bag while tode is a sled used for hauling logs.

As a verb tote

is to carry or bear.

tote

English

(wikipedia tote)

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bag, specifically a tote bag.
  • A heavy burden.

    • Verb

    (tot)
  • To carry or bear.
  • *, chapter=8
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of (total), with e to distinguish from (tot) in writing

    Alternative forms

    * tot

    Verb

    (tot)
  • To add up; to calculate a total.

    • Etymology 3

    Shortening of (totalizator)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator
  • *1892 , Banjo Paterson,
  • *:He was a humorist of note and keen at repartee,
  • *:He laid the odds and kept a "tote ", whatever that may be,

    • tode

    English

    Etymology 1

    Possibly related to (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A sled used for hauling logs.

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly related to (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) a small fishing boat used in the Netherlands.