What's the difference between carol and carom?

Carol


Definition:

  • (n.) A round dance.
  • (n.) A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay.
  • (n.) A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol.
  • (n.) Joyful music, as of a song.
  • (v. t.) To praise or celebrate in song.
  • (v. t.) To sing, especially with joyful notes.
  • (v. i.) To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.
  • (n.) Alt. of Carrol

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In some ways, the Gandolfini performance that his fans may savour most is his voice work in Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are (2009), the cult screen version of Maurice Sendak 's picture book classic – he voiced Carol, one of the wild things, an untamed, foul-mouthed figure.
  • (2) Belfast in Odd Man Out Released in 1947, directed by Carol Reed Facebook Twitter Pinterest Carol Reed is a brilliant director of cities in films.
  • (3) Along the way, he fathered a child at 20 and immediately turned his back on her (they are now reunited), had a brief and unhappy marriage to the broadcaster Carol McGiffin and a series of frenetically unsatisfying relationships.
  • (4) Carole Berry, of Rollingsons Solicitors, said: "I had a simultaneous exchange of contracts on the 23 December to make sure the deal went through in time.
  • (5) Last week the president of the US-based National Organisation on Disability, Carol Glazer, was quoted as describing the use of disability in his murder defence as “exploitation”.
  • (6) (Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire) Ms Carol Ann Duffy, CBE.
  • (7) Ritesh Singh – who got three As in geography, biology and chemistry and a C in extended project science – is going to Carol Divila University in Bucharest to study medicine.
  • (8) Carol Long : "It seems important to find a way to disseminate the learning in ways that are accessible for those with busy caseloads."
  • (9) He must also decide whether to resurrect the post of White House climate adviser, which has been empty since early 2011 when Carol Browner stepped down .
  • (10) Dr Carol Kerven counts the human cost: goat herders in Inner Mongolia are shortchanged, selling their goat hair for as little as $2.30 a kilo.
  • (11) Prof Carole Longson, director of the centre for health technology evaluation at Nice, said: “We know that people with cancer place great importance on drugs that can increase their life expectancy.
  • (12) As Carol J Adams, author of the acclaimed The Sexual Politics of Meat, once said: "People say 'sex sells'.
  • (13) In an article for the Guardian two days later , Bate wrote that no reason had been given and that he understood that Carol Hughes, who controls her husband’s estate, had been happy with how he planned to research and present the work.
  • (14) The publication of the letters and the sale of the second archive by the poet's widow Carol suggested that she might be relaxing the position made clear by Hughes's publisher, Faber, soon after his death: that there would never be an "authorised biography" of this most controversial poet.
  • (15) We hope this integrity will not be lost in the formation of the new organisation.” Dr Carol Homden, CBE, Coram’s CEO, said in a statement: “Coram is the oldest children’s charity and has been delivering fostering and adoption services for 275 years.
  • (16) At a meeting with Ms Dhu’s mother, Della Roe, grandmother, Carol Roe, and sister in Port Hedland this week, Barnett said the inquest would be held in the middle of the year.
  • (17) Among the protesters were Duggan’s mother, Pamela, and his aunt Carole, who marched alongside Baker’s mother.
  • (18) One read: “In such troubled and troubling times it is so important that we respect each other and stand together.” It was signed: “Carol, a local resident.” Another, signed “Geraldine Adams (local white British non-Muslim)”, was addressed to “the Muslim community of Finsbury Park”.
  • (19) August 4, 2014 Carol Gilchrist (@CarolGilchrist) @GdnVoluntary keeping it simple and 'real life' ...
  • (20) Off stage, I think the material is justified, because it is about intent: ultimately, Carol Thatcher thinks she has done nothing wrong, while I am aware of which lines I have overstepped and why.

Carom


Definition:

  • (n.) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.
  • (v. i.) To make a carom.

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