different between ordeal vs treadmill

English

Etymology

From Middle English ordel, ordal, from Medieval Latin ord?lium or its source Old English ord?l, ord?l (“ordeal, judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *u?dail? (“judgement”, literally “an out-dealing”), from *u?dailijan (“to deal out; dispense”), equivalent to or- +? deal.

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uurdeel (“judgement; verdict”), West Frisian oardiel (“judgement”), Dutch oordeel (“judgement, discretion”), Low German Oordeel (“judgement; verdict”), German Urteil (“judgement, verdict”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???di?l/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /???dil/
• Hyphenation: or?deal
• Rhymes: -i?l

Noun

ordeal (plural ordeals)

1. A painful or trying experience.
2. A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.
3. The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean

Translations

See also

• trial by fire

Anagrams

• Laredo, Loader, Rodela, loader, reload

English

Etymology

tread +? mill

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??d.m?l/

Noun

treadmill (plural treadmills)

1. A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to allow for the motions of running or walking while staying in one place.
2. (historical) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It was used principally as a means of prison discipline.

   Synonyms: mill, stepper, everlasting staircase

3. A mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.

Related terms

• treadwheel

Translations

Verb

treadmill (third-person singular simple present treadmills, present participle treadmilling, simple past and past participle treadmilled)

1. (intransitive) To exercise on a treadmill.

See also

• treadmilling (in biology)

Further reading

• treadmill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia