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Whale vs Shool - What's the difference?

whale | shool |

In figuratively|lang=en terms the difference between whale and shool

is that whale is (figuratively) something, or someone, that is very large while shool is (figuratively) to move with a shoveling motion, to cover as by shoveling.

As nouns the difference between whale and shool

is that whale is any of several species of large sea mammals of the order cetacea while shool is a shovel.

As verbs the difference between whale and shool

is that whale is to hunt for whales while shool is to move materials with a shovel.

whale

English

(wikipedia whale) (Cetacea)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several species of large sea mammals of the order Cetacea.
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  • (figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.
  • * 1920 September, “A Reformed Free Lance” (pseudonym), “Doctoring a Sick Encyclopedia”, in The Writer , Volume XXXII, Number 9, page 131:
    • It was a whale of a job. It took two months, and the fair blush of youth off my cheeks.
  • * 1947 May 19, John Chamberlain, “Will Clayton and his Problem”, in , page 120:
    • But when it comes to his business life and business career, is not as other men; he is such a whale of a lot better that it suggests a qualitative as well as a quantitative difference.
  • (gambling) (In a casino) a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable.
  • * 2003 , Jeff Wuorio, How to Buy and Sell (Just About) Everything ,
    • These are often no-limit games as maximum bets cramp a whale ’s style.
  • * 2004 , Norm Clarke, Vegas Confidential: Norm! Sin City's Ace Insider 1,000 Naked Truths, Hot Spots and Cool Stuff ,
    • A handful of the richest whales routinely play for $200,000 a hand. Australian media mogul Kerry Packer not only regularly bets that much, but has plunked down $200,000 bets for the dealer as a form of a tip.
  • * 2008', Deke Castleman, '''''Whale Hunt in the Desert ,
    • The high roller who had the most ferocious reputation for trying to run the business of the casinos where he played, before he died on December 26, 2006, was Kerry Packer. In the casino world, Packer was the Prince of Whales .

    Derived terms

    * blue whale * fin whale * have a whale of a time * humpback whale * killer whale * narwhal * pilot whale * sperm whale * whale catfish * whaler * whale fall * whalefish * whalelore * whale shark * whale watching * whaling

    See also

    (other associated terms) * baleen * cachalot * cete * orca * gam * pod * rorqual

    Verb

  • To hunt for whales.
  • To flog, to beat.

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    shool

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shovel
  • * 1611' ''And the pots, and the '''shouels , and the snuffers, and the spoones, and all the vessels of brasse wherewith they ministred, tooke they away. (2 Kings 25:14, Authorized Version of 1611 (King James Version), 1611 edition)
  • * 2003 And the pots, and the shovels, and the wick trimmers, and the ladles, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered, they took away. (2 Kings 25:14, Authorized Version of 1611 (King James Version), 2003 edition)
  • A spade
  • * 2010' "'''shool spade ''see'' shovel" (''A Bibliography of English Etymology, Volumes 1-2 by Anatoly Liberman, Ari Hoptman, Nathan E. Carlson, U of Minnesota Press, 2010, page 785)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move materials with a shovel.
    • The workers were shooling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road.
  • (figuratively) To move with a shoveling motion, to cover as by shoveling
  • * 1898' ''The Winter's Tale [Annotated]'' by William Shakespeare, H. H. Furness, page 236, ''[Annotation for line] 511. shouels-in...Jamieson (Scottish Dict. Suppl.) gives:'' 'Shool'', A shovel' and'' 'To '''shool on'', metaph. to cover, as in a grave.'
  • To shuffle or shamble
  • * 1988' ''Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus'', Merriam-Webster, ISBN 0-87779-169-4, (page 652), ''"scuffle ''vb''...''2 syn'' , scuffle, shamble, , , '''shool''', shovel"''; (page 670) ''"shuffle ''vb'' ''syn'' scuff, scuffle, shamble, , , '''shool , shovel"

    • References

    * Lexic.us, Retrieved 2013-02-14 *: Definition of Shool 1. to shovel [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: shovel * TheFreeDictionary.com, Retrieved 2013-02-14 *: shool n (Engineering / Tools) a dialect word for shovel , * Dictionary.com, Retrieved 2013-02-14 *: shool — n a dialect word for shovel , * Merriam-Webster.com, Retrieved 2013-02-14 *: ''Definition of SHOOL... *: ''1 chiefly dial : to drag or scrape along : shamble, shuffle *: 2: to loaf or idle about begging : loiter, saunter