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Vila vs Vial - What's the difference?

vila | vial |

Vial is a anagram of vila.



As nouns the difference between vila and vial

is that vila is a type of fairy or nymph in Slavic mythology while vial is a glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical.

As a verb vial is

to put or keep in, or as in, a vial.

vila

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (mythology) A type of fairy or nymph in Slavic mythology.
  • * 1874 , Elodie Lawton Mijatovic, Serbian Folklore :
  • *:"The Vilas (fairies ) live there, and they will certainly put out your eyes as they have put out mine, if you venture on their mountain."
  • * 1998 , Mike Dixon-Kennedy, Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend , page 302:
    • Duly married, the couple lived for some time in peace and contentment, until one day Marko boasted that his wife was a vila , whereupon she put on her wings and flew away.
  • * 1995 , Albert Bates Lord, The Singer Resumes the Tale , page 52:
    • She is answered, fittingly enough, by a vila , who declares that she is more beautiful than the girl.

    Anagrams

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    vial

    English

    (vial)

    Alternative forms

    * phial

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Take thou this vial , being then in bed, / And this distilled liquor thou off.

    Synonyms

    * ampoule * test tube * vacutainer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put or keep in, or as in, a vial.

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