Pale vs. Pail
Difference Between Pale and Pail
Pale➦
light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment
choose pale floral patterns for walls
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Pail➦
A watertight cylindrical vessel, open at the top and fitted with a handle; a bucket.
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Pale➦
inferior or unimpressive
the new cheese is a pale imitation of continental cheeses
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The amount that a pail can hold.
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Pale➦
become pale in one's face from shock or fear
I paled at the thought of what she might say
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Pail➦
A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.
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Pale➦
seem or become less important
all else pales by comparison
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Pail➦
(In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.
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Pale➦
a wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.
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Pail➦
A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, - used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover.
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Pale➦
an area within determined bounds, or subject to a particular jurisdiction.
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Pail➦
a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top
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Pale➦
a broad vertical stripe down the middle of a shield.
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Pail➦
the quantity contained in a pail
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Pale➦
A stake or pointed stick; a picket.
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Pale➦
A fence enclosing an area.
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Pale➦
The area enclosed by a fence or boundary.
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Pale➦
A region or district lying within an imposed boundary or constituting a separate jurisdiction.
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Pale➦
Pale The medieval dominions of the English in Ireland. Used with the.
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Pale➦
(Heraldry) A wide vertical band in the center of an escutcheon.
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Pale➦
To enclose with pales; fence in.
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Pale➦
To cause to turn pale.
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Pale➦
To become pale; blanch
paled with fright.
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Pale➦
To decrease in relative importance.
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Pale➦
Whitish in complexion; pallid.
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Pale➦
Of a low intensity of color; light.
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Pale➦
Having high lightness and low saturation.
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Pale➦
Of a low intensity of light; dim or faint
"a late afternoon sun coming through the el tracks and falling in pale oblongs on the cracked, empty sidewalks" (Jimmy Breslin).
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Pale➦
Feeble; weak
a pale rendition of the aria.
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Pale➦
Light in color.
I have pale yellow wallpaper.
She had pale skin because she didn't get much sunlight.
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Pale➦
(of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death.
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Pale➦
Feeble, faint.
He is but a pale shadow of his former self.
The son's clumsy paintings are a pale imitation of his father's.
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Pale➦
(intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour.
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Pale➦
(intransitive) To become insignificant.
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Pale➦
(transitive) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
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Pale➦
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
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Pale➦
(obsolete) Paleness; pallor.
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Pale➦
A wooden stake; a picket.
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Pale➦
(archaic) Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
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Pale➦
(by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
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Pale➦
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
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Pale➦
(heraldry) A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
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Pale➦
(archaic) A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
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Pale➦
(historical) The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction.
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Pale➦
(historical) The territory around Calais under English control (from the 14th to 16th centuries).
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Pale➦
(historical) A portion of Russia in which Jews were permitted to live.
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Pale➦
(archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
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Pale➦
A cheese scoop.
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Pale➦
Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.
Speechless he stood and pale.
They are not of complexion red or pale.
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Pale➦
Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.
The night, methinks, is but the daylight sick;It looks a little paler.
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Pale➦
Paleness; pallor.
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Pale➦
A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket.
Deer creep through when a pale tumbles down.
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Pale➦
That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
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Pale➦
A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; - often used figuratively.
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Pale➦
A region within specified bounds, whether or not enclosed or demarcated.
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Pale➦
A stripe or band, as on a garment.
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Pale➦
One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.
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Pale➦
A cheese scoop.
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Pale➦
A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
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Pale➦
To turn pale; to lose color or luster.
Apt to pale at a trodden worm.
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Pale➦
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
The glowworm shows the matin to be near,And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire.
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Pale➦
To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.
[Your isle, which stands] ribbed and paled inWith rocks unscalable and roaring waters.
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Pale➦
a wooden strip forming part of a fence
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Pale➦
turn pale, as if in fear
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Pale➦
very light colored; highly diluted with white;
pale seagreen
pale blue eyes
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Pale➦
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble;
the pale light of a half moon
a pale sun
the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street
a pallid sky
the pale (or wan) stars
the wan light of dawn
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Pale➦
lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness;
a pale rendition of the aria
pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender
a pallid performance
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Pale➦
abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress;
the pallid face of the invalid
her wan face suddenly flushed
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Pale➦
not full or rich;
high, pale, pure and lovely song
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