What's the difference between avel and favel?

Avel


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To pull away.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I felt the key was to use stretched vowels and to find an equivalent echo between "tout" and "tournaient": "They were reeling round: all reeled round and about them …" Historical details took hours of research: for a debauched night, Emma sports a "lampion" on one ear: not the unlikely "paper lantern" (Wall), nor a "cocked hat" ( Eleanor Marx Aveling , Russell and Davis), but a suitably Gypsy-like "lantern earring" – fashionable at the time.

Favel


Definition:

  • (a.) Yellow; fal/ow; dun.
  • (n.) A horse of a favel or dun color.
  • (n.) Flattery; cajolery; deceit.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The use of small group instructional formats with children who have autism and developmental disabilities has received mixed results in the research literature (Reid & Favell, 1984).

Words possibly related to "avel"

Words possibly related to "favel"