What is the difference between Pail and Pale?




What is the difference between Pail and Pale? :


Pail : (noun)

(
1 ) Bucket

Bring me a pail of water.



Pale : (adjective)

(
1 ) Having little colour

Having less colour than usual

She has a pale complexion.

He turned deathly pale at the news.

He went pale with anger.


(
2 ) Not bright or vivid

She has pale blue eyes.


(
3 ) Dim and faint

I left home in the pale light of dawn.



Pale : (verb)

(
1 ) Become pale

He paled with shock at the news.


(
2 ) Become less important in comparison with something

Her beauty pales beside her mother’s

Their other problems pale into insignificant beside this latest catastrophe.



Pale : (noun)

(
1 ) Pointed piece of wood forming part of fence


(
2 ) Stake


(
3 ) Fence or boundary











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