Hiatus vs. Spell

By Jaxson

  • Hiatus (noun)

    A gap in a series, making it incomplete.

  • Hiatus (noun)

    An interruption, break or pause.

  • Hiatus (noun)

    An unexpected break from work.

    “Twenty one pilots’ hiatus seems like it‘s never going to end.”

  • Hiatus (noun)

    A gap in geological strata.

  • Hiatus (noun)

    An opening in an organ.

    “Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.”

  • Hiatus (noun)

    A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)

    “Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.”

  • Spell (noun)

    Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. from 16th c.

    “He cast a spell to cure warts.”

  • Spell (noun)

    A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. from 16th c.

    “under a spell”

  • Spell (noun)

    Speech, discourse. 8th-15th c.

  • Spell (noun)

    A shift (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour. from 16th c.

  • Spell (noun)

    A definite period (of work or other activity). from 18th c.

  • Spell (noun)

    An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance. from 18th c.

  • Spell (noun)

    A period of rest; time off. from 19th c.

  • Spell (noun)

    A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc. from 19th c.

  • Spell (noun)

    An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler. from 20th c.

  • Spell (noun)

    A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.

  • Spell (noun)

    The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

  • Spell (verb)

    To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

  • Spell (verb)

    To speak, to declaim. 9th-16th c.

  • Spell (verb)

    To tell; to relate; to teach.

  • Spell (verb)

    To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort. from 14th c.

  • Spell (verb)

    To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. from 16th c.

  • Spell (verb)

    To be able to write or say the letters that form words.

    “I find it difficult to spell because I’m dyslexic.”

  • Spell (verb)

    Of letters: to compose (a word). from 19th c.

    “The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”.”

  • Spell (verb)

    To indicate that (some event) will occur. from 19th c.

    “This spells trouble.”

  • Spell (verb)

    To clarify; to explain in detail. from 20th c.

    “Please spell it out for me.”

  • Spell (verb)

    To constitute; to measure.

  • Spell (verb)

    To work in place of (someone).

    “to spell the helmsman”

  • Spell (verb)

    To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.

    “They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook.”

  • Spell (verb)

    To rest from work for a time.

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