different between climate vs elimate

English

Etymology

From Middle English climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek ????? (klíma, “latitude”, literally “inclination”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kla?m?t/

Noun

climate (plural climates)

1. (obsolete) An area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.
2. (obsolete) A region of the Earth.
3. The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).
   • 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns

     And the effects from climate change are already extreme.

4. (figuratively) The context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation.

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Verb

climate (third-person singular simple present climates, present participle climating, simple past and past participle climated)

1. (poetic, obsolete) To dwell.
   • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, V. i. 169:

     The blessed gods / Purge all infection from our air whilst you / Do climate here!

Further reading

• climate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• climate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• climate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• amletic, metical

Latin

Noun

climate

1. ablative singular of clima

English

Etymology

From Latin ?l?m?tus, past participle of ?l?m?re (“to file up”); ?- (“out”) + l?m?re (“to file”), from l?ma (“file”).

Verb

elimate (third-person singular simple present elimates, present participle elimating, simple past and past participle elimated)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To render smooth; to polish.

Anagrams

• Elamite

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e?.li??ma?.te/, [e?li??mä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.li?ma.te/, [?li?m??t??]

Verb

?l?m?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?l?m?