different between propel vs poler

English

Etymology

Historically (late Middle English) meant "expel, drive out". Borrowed from Latin propell?, from pro- (“forward”) and pell? (“I push, I move”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /p???p?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Verb

propel (third-person singular simple present propels, present participle propelling, simple past and past participle propelled)

1. (transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action, to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V

     When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To provide an impetus for non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or result.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 265e.

     I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,

Synonyms

• (either): drive, push

Antonyms

• (either): stay, halt, stop
• (cause to move): rest

Derived terms

• propeller

Related terms

• propulsion

Translations

Anagrams

• lopper

Danish

Alternative forms

• (rare) propeller

Etymology

From English propeller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prop?l/, [p???o?p?l?]

Noun

propel c (singular definite propellen, plural indefinite propeller)

1. propeller (mechanical device used to propel)

Inflection

See also

• propel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??l?(?)/
• Homophone: polar
• Rhymes: -??l?(?)

Etymology 1

pole +? -er

Noun

poler (plural polers)

1. One who propels a boat using a pole.
2. A horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle.

Translations

Etymology 2

See poller.

Noun

poler (plural polers)

1. (obsolete) An extortioner.
   • 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature

     the Poler and Exacter of Fees

Anagrams

• Loper, lepro-, loper, prole

Danish

Noun

poler c

1. indefinite plural of pol

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

poler m

1. indefinite plural of pol

Verb

poler

1. imperative of polere

Swedish

Noun

poler

1. indefinite plural of pol