Via vs Vial - What's the difference?
via | vial |
A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
(label) A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
By way of; passing through.
By (means of); using (a medium).
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As per (a mathematical equation).
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A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical.
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As nouns the difference between via and vial
is that via is a main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)vial is a glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical.As a preposition via
is by way of; passing through.As a verb vial is
to put or keep in, or as in, a vial.via
English
Etymology 1
.Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
{{der3, via affirmativa , Via Crucis , Via Dolorosa , Via Egnatia , Via Lactea , via media , via negativa}}Etymology 2
.Alternative forms
*Preposition
(English prepositions)citation
Anagrams
* * ----vial
English
(vial)Alternative forms
* phialNoun
(en noun)- Take thou this vial , being then in bed, / And this distilled liquor thou off.