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tail (TAYL) (noun)

The lower, inferior, or rear end of something: "The cat loved to chase her tail around in circles."

"The tail of the car was damaged in the accident."

"He was at the tail end of the line waiting to buy tickets for the film."

"The tail of the airplane was broken off when the pilot had to make an emergency landing after running out of gas."

tail (TAYL) (verb)

1. To follow or to keep watching a suspect: "The detective had to tail the suspect for three hours."

"My silly cat tried to tail me when I left home for a walk, but she soon got tired and went back to the house."

2. To become more faint or scattered: "Her voice started to tail off after she had been reading out loud for several minutes."

tale (TAYL) (noun)

1. A story either based on fact or fiction that is told in printed or oral form: "The man told his tale of the huge fish which he caught but that got away."
2. An imaginative telling of an event: "A myth is often a tale used to explain puzzling events or circumstances."
3. Gossip or stories that can be libellous: "The tale that was told about the couple's elopement was scandalous and was later proven not to be true."

The teacher was telling a tale about a dog's tail.

A tail is something attached behind the behind.

A tale is the largest part of a fish story.

—Evan Esar

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group T; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 1)

Units related to: “tail”

caudo-, caud-

(Latin: tail, toward the tail; downward)

cerc-

(Greek: tail)

ul-

(Latin: ulos, "tail")

uro-, ur-, -urous, -ura, -uroid, -urus, -uridae

(Greek: tail, tail-like)

coccygo-, coccyg-, coccyge-, coccyo-, coccy-

(Greek: cuckoo; the end of the vertebral column in man and in some apes; the rudiment of a tail)

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