different between eave vs faucet

English

Etymology

A back-formation from eaves, from a misinterpretation of the -s ending as forming a plural.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /i?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /iv/
• Homophones: eve, Eve
• Rhymes: -i?v

Noun

eave (plural eaves)

1. (architecture) Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”) [from mid 18th c.]

Derived terms

• eaved
• eaving

References

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English even, from Old English ?fen, from Proto-West Germanic *?banþ.

Noun

eave

1. eve

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English faucet, fawcett, borrowed from Old French fausset, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Late Latin fals?re or from a diminutive of Latin faux, fauc?s (“throat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: fô?s?t, IPA^(key): /?f??s?t/
• Rhymes: -??s?t
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f?s?t/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?f?s?t/

Noun

faucet (plural faucets)

1. (Canada, US) An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
2. (game development) One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation

   Antonym: sink

Synonyms

• tap, spigot

Hypernyms

• valve

Translations

Anagrams

• fucate

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fawcett

Etymology

From Old French fausset, perhaps from Latin faux (“throat”).

Noun

faucet

1. faucet

Descendants

• English: faucet