What is the difference between vale and valley?
vale | valley |
(mostly, poetic) A valley.
* (rfdate) Harte
* , Hymn 214'', ''The Issues of Life and Death ,
* 19th c , ,
An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
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Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.
The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Valley is a synonym of vale.
As nouns the difference between vale and valley
is that vale is a valley while valley is an elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.As an interjection vale
is farewell.As a proper noun Valley is
the San Fernando Valley in southern California.vale
English
Etymology 1
(etyl), from (etyl) , from (etyl) vallis, vallesNoun
(en noun)- In those fair vales , by nature formed to please, / Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease
- Beyond this vale of tears / There is a life above,
- "Make me a cottage in the vale ," she said, / "Where I may mourn and pray.
Synonyms
* (valley) dale ** See alsoAntonyms
* (valley) hillEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Anagrams
* English heteronyms ----valley
English
Noun
(en noun)John Vidal
Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas, passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys .}}