What is the difference between Hole and Whole?
What is the difference between Hole and Whole? :
Hole : (noun)
( 1 ) Cavity, sunken or hollow place in a solid mass or surface
The prisoner escaped through a hole in the wall.
( 2 ) Animal’s burrow
That is a rabbit’s hole.
( 3 ) Awkward or different situation
He is in a bit of a hole.
Whole : (adjective)
( 1 ) Entire or complete
The whole town was destroyed by the earthquake.
Tell me the whole story.
( 2 ) Intact, not broken, damaged or injured
After the party, there was not a glass left whole.
Whole : (noun)
( 1 ) Thing that is complete in itself
A whole is greater than any of its parts.
( 2 ) All that there is of something
He spent the whole of the year in prison.
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