What is the difference between Whole and Hole?
What is the difference between Whole and Hole?
Whole : (adjective)
( 1 ) Entire, complete
The whole country mourned the death of the king.
She told me the whole truth.
( 2 ) Intact, not broken, damaged or injured
After the function, there was not a glass left whole.
Whole : (noun)
( 1 ) Thing that is complete in itself
Four quarters make a whole.
( 2 ) All that there is of something
She spent the whole of the year in hospital.
Hole : (noun)
( 1 ) Cavity, sunken or hollow place in a solid mass or surface
That road is full of holes.
( 2 ) Gap, opening through something
He escaped through a hole in the wall.
( 3 ) Animal’s burrow
That is a mouse hole.
( 4 ) Difficult of awkward situation
Do you find yourself in a hole?
Hole : (verb)
( 1 ) Make a hole in something
The ship was holed by an iceberg.
( 2 ) Hide oneself
The gang was holed up in the mountains somewhere.
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