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Tyee vs Tee - What's the difference?

tyee | tee |

As nouns the difference between tyee and tee

is that tyee is (label) a large chinook salmon which weighs more than 135 kg [http://wwwpacdfo-mpogcca/fm-gp/rec/species-especes/chinook-quinnat-enghtml] while tee is .

tyee

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A large chinook salmon which weighs more than 13.5 kg [http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/species-especes/chinook-quinnat-eng.html].
  • ----

    tee

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something shaped like the letter (T). Found in compounds such as tee-shirt, tee-beam, tee-frame, tee-iron, tee-headed.
  • angles and tees
  • T-shirt
  • See also
    *
    Derived terms
    * teevee

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) teen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To draw; lead.
  • (obsolete) To draw away; go; proceed.
  • Derived terms
    * betee * fortee

    Etymology 3

    First attested in the 17th century with the form teaz.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
  • (golf, baseball) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is hit.
  • (curling) The target area of a curling rink
  • The mark at which players aim in quoits.
  • Derived terms
    * tee ball * tee off * tee on * tee up

    Verb

    (d)
  • (golf) To place a ball on a tee
  • * {{quote-book, 1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf citation
  • , passage=If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.}}
    Synonyms
    * tee up