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Tola vs Mola - What's the difference?

tola | mola |

As nouns the difference between tola and mola

is that tola is a unit of mass used in india, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains () in 1833, of a similar but slightly variable value before that date while mola is moth.

tola

English

Alternative forms

* tolah * tole

Noun

(en noun)
  • a unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains () in 1833, of a similar but slightly variable value before that date

    • References

    * Prinsep, James (1840), Useful tables, forming an appendix to the Journal of the Asiatic Society: part the first, Coins, weights, and measures of British India (2nd ed.), Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, pp. 65–74, 79–90. * Platts, John T. (1884), A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English , London: W. H. Allen & Co., p. 344. * A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles , volume 10/1 (1926), Oxford: University Press, p. 111.

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    mola

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia. A mola consists of cloth panels, made to wear on clothing, which feature complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse technique.
  • * 1977 , Rhoda L. Auld, Molas: What they are, How to make them, Ideas they suggest for creative appliqué? , page 67
    • The classic mola is pure applique and is distinguished by alternating bands of color.
  • a sunfish, Mola mola

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