different between sapling vs poles

English

Etymology

From Middle English sapling, seplyng, sapplynge, equivalent to sap +? -ling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæpl??/

Noun

sapling (plural saplings)

1. A young tree, but bigger than a seedling.
2. (figuratively) A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.

Translations

Anagrams

• Galpins, lapsing, palings, spaling

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??lz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /po?lz/
• Rhymes: -o?lz

Noun

poles

1. plural of pole

   The distance between the poles was three feet.

Verb

poles

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pole

Anagrams

• LEPOs, S-pole, eslop, lopes, olpes, slope, spole

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + feminine plural article les (“the”).

Contraction

poles f pl (masculine sg pol, feminine sg pola, neuter sg polo, masculine plural polos)

1. for the, by the

Galician

Verb

poles

1. second-person singular present indicative of pulir

Spanish

Verb

poles

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of polir.