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Vole vs Jole - What's the difference?

vole | jole |

As nouns the difference between vole and jole

is that vole is any of a large number of species of small rodents of the family Cricetidae while jole is obsolete spelling of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between vole and jole

is that vole is to win all the tricks by a vole while jole is obsolete spelling of lang=en.

vole

English

(wikipedia vole)

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the family Cricetidae.
    • Derived terms
    * volelike * water vole

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A deal in a card game that draws all the tricks.
    • (Jonathan Swift)

    Verb

    (vol)
  • (card games) To win all the tricks by a vole.
    • (Alexander Pope)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    jole

    English

    Noun

    (s)
  • * '', Act III, Scene II, 1824, George Steevens (editor), ''The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare , Volume 1, page 152,
    • Follow! nay, I'll go with thee, cheek by jole .
  • * 1820 , The Sketch Book'', ''The Edinburgh Monthly Review , page 330,
    • The same architect has recently been working on the repairs of the cupola of the Exchange, and the steeple of the Bow Church; and, fearful to relate, the dragon and the grasshopper actually lie, cheek by jole , in the yard of his workshop.
  • * 1842 , A. H. Pinney, testimony, Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio , Volume 41, page 117,
    • I was informed, by the guard in the prison who superintended the inspection of the pork, that there were 28 or 31 barrels of joles that were in bad order; that they were not fit for use.

    Verb

  • * 1623 , '', Act V, Scene i, 1877, ''The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark , J. B. Lippincott & Co., page 79,
    • See how the ?laue joles their heads again?t the earth.