different between kool vs bool

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

kool (comparative kooler, superlative koolest)

1. (slang) Alternative spelling of cool

Usage notes

Phonemic spelling, generally used in commercial names, like Kool Aid.

Etymology 2

Back slang for look.

Alternative forms

• cool

Verb

kool (third-person singular simple present kools, present participle kooling, simple past and past participle kooled)

1. (obsolete, costermongers) To look; to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:look

Anagrams

• Look, kolo, look

Cornish

Noun

kool

1. Hard mutation of gool.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?l/
• Hyphenation: kool
• Rhymes: -o?l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch col, cole, from Old Dutch *k?l, *k?la, from Latin caulis.

Noun

kool f (plural kolen, diminutive kooltje n)

1. cabbage

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kool
• ? Chinese: ??
• ? Indonesian: kol
• ? Papiamentu: kolo
• ? Sranan Tongo: kolo

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch cole, from Old Dutch *kol, *kolo, from Proto-Germanic *kul?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ol-, from *?welH- (“to burn, shine”). May originate from a neuter plurale tantum that was reanalysed as a feminine singular; compare Old Norse kol. Cognate with West Frisian koal, German Kohle, English coal, Danish kul.

Noun

kool f (plural kolen, diminutive kooltje n)

1. coal
2. carbon

Synonyms

• (carbon): koolstof

Derived terms

• actieve kool
• bruinkool
• houtskool
• kooldioxide
• koolmonoxide
• koolstof
• steenkool
• verkolen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kool

Anagrams

• look

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German schôle.

Noun

kool (genitive kooli, partitive kooli)

1. school

Declension

Compounds

• ülikool
• koolivorm

Yucatec Maya

Verb

kóol (transitive)

1. to drag; to pull
2. to divide, to separate

Synonyms

• (drag, pull): hiil, páay, híits?
• (divide, separate): haats, huuts?

Derived terms

• kóol keep (“masturbate”)

Verb

kool (transitive)

1. to touch, to rub

Noun

kool (plural koolo?ob)

1. field

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?l

Etymology 1

From a keyword in C++ and derived programming languages, short for Boolean.

Noun

bool (plural bools)

1. (programming) A Boolean variable, one whose value is either true or false.

Etymology 2

Likely from replacement of the 'c' in cool.

Verb

bool (third-person singular simple present bools, present participle booling, simple past and past participle booled)

1. (slang) To relax.

Anagrams

• BOLO, Lobo, bloo, bolo, lobo, loob, obol

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?l/

Numeral

bóol

1. hundred

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Bwatoo

Etymology

From English ball.

Noun

bool

1. ball
2. (especially) a cricket ball

Synonyms

• balo

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, ?ISBN)

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin b?lus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?l/
• Hyphenation: bool
• Rhymes: -o?l

Noun

bool m (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A type of fat clay.

   Synonym: bolus

Scots

Noun

bool (plural bools)

1. (Doric) A single marble used in the game bools rolled into a kypie (a hollow made by the heel of the foot).

References

• “bool” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.