Tole vs Atole - What's the difference?
tole | atole |
(uncountable) A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded
(uncommon) tola (unit of mass)
To entice.
* 1693 , '', 1797, ''The works of John Locke Esq , Volume III,
To allure.
To attract.
A thick drink or thin gruel made from cornmeal
* {{quote-book, year=1851, author=Mayne Reid, title=The Scalp Hunters, chapter=, edition=
, passage="Pan fino, pan bianco!" screams the baker; and other cries from the vendors of atole , huevos, and leche, are uttered in shrill, discordant voices. }}
* {{quote-news, year=2006, date=January 13, author=David Hammond, title=Beyond the Burrito, Part 2: Michoacan, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=Since the days of the Tarascans, the corn-loving folks of Michoacan have enjoyed atole , a maize-based gruel flavored with chocolate, fruit, tamarind, or herbs. }}
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 13, author=S. Kirk Walsh, title=Festivals With a Mexican Flair, work=New York Times
, passage=Visitors can learn to make their own tortillas or sample the traditional cornmeal drink atole . }}
As nouns the difference between tole and atole
is that tole is a decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded while atole is a thick drink or thin gruel made from cornmeal.As a verb tole
is to entice.tole
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) stem *tyll, related to .Alternative forms
* (Etymology 3)Verb
- It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...
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- And thus the young Soldier is to be train’d on to the Warfare of Life ; wherein Care is to be taken that more things be not repre?ented as dangerous than really are ?o ; and then, that whatever you ob?erve him to be more frighted at than he ?hould, you be ?ure to tole him on to by in?en?ible Degrees, till he at la?t, quitting his Fears, ma?ters the Difficulty, and comes off with Applau?e.
Anagrams
* * *atole
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