different between freckle vs dimple
freckle
English
Etymology
From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekal? (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f??k?l/
- Rhymes: -?k?l
Noun
freckle (plural freckles)
- A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
- c. 1920s-1930s, Charlotte Druitt Cole, Runaway Jane:
- The rabbits came out from their burrows to peep,
- The wind whispered, "Hush! little Jane's gone to sleep!"
- And the spiders came spinning a curtain of lace,
- Lest the sun should make freckles on Jane's pretty face.
- c. 1920s-1930s, Charlotte Druitt Cole, Runaway Jane:
- Any small spot or discoloration.
- (Australia) A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
- (Australia, slang) The anus.
Synonyms
- ephelis
- lentigo
Related terms
- beauty mark
- dirt
- sun kiss
Translations
Verb
freckle (third-person singular simple present freckles, present participle freckling, simple past and past participle freckled)
- (transitive) To cover with freckles.
- (intransitive) To become covered with freckles.
Related terms
- freckled
- freckleface
- freckly
Translations
Anagrams
- flecker
freckle From the web:
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- what freckles do i have
dimple
English
Etymology
From Middle English dympull, likely from Proto-Germanic *dumpila- (“sink-hole, dimple”), from Proto-Germanic *dumpa- (“hole, hollow, pit”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb- (“deep, hollow”), equivalent to dialectal dump (“deep hole or pool”) +? -le (diminutive suffix). Akin to Old High German tumphilo (“pool”) (whence German Tümpel) and Old English dyppan (“to dip”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?mp?l/
- Rhymes: -?mp?l
Noun
dimple (plural dimples)
- A small depression or indentation in a surface.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, The White Doe of Rylstone; or, The Fate of the Nortons
- The garden pool's dark surface […] breaks into dimples small and bright.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, The White Doe of Rylstone; or, The Fate of the Nortons
- Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.
Synonyms
- (depression in a surface): dent
Translations
Verb
dimple (third-person singular simple present dimples, present participle dimpling, simple past and past participle dimpled)
- (transitive) To create a dimple in.
- (intransitive) To create a dimple in one's face by smiling.
- To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
- And smiling eddies dimpled o'er the main.
Synonyms
- (create a dimple in): dent, mar
Translations
Anagrams
- impled, limped
dimple From the web:
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- what dimples mean
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- what dimples say about a person
- what simple means
- what dimples on a golf ball
- what dimple do i have
- what's dimple in filipino
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