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Yuletide vs Yule - What's the difference?

yuletide | yule | Derived terms |

Yule is a derived term of yuletide.



As nouns the difference between yuletide and yule

is that yuletide is an alternative spelling of Yuletide|lang=en Christmas or the Christmas season while yule is alternative case form of Yule.

As a proper noun Yule is

christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 24th and January 6th).

yuletide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Christmas or the Christmas season.
  • A common name for the flower native to Japan and nearby islands.
  • Synonyms

    * (Christmas season) Christmastide * (Camellia sasanqua) sasanqua

    yule

    English

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 24th and January 6th).
  • A pagan wintertime holiday celebrated by Germanic peoples, particularly the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon peoples, or a modern reconstruction of this holiday celebrated by neo-pagans.
  • Derived terms

    * Yuletide * Yule log * Yule tree * Yule wreath

    See also

    * jolly * * Sabbat * Christmas *

    References

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