The difference between Bale and Quire

Bale as a noun:

evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.

Bale as a noun:

suffering, woe, torment.

Bale as a noun (obsolete):

A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.

Bale as a noun (archaic):

A funeral pyre.

Bale as a noun (archaic):

A beacon-fire.

Bale as a noun:

A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.

Bale as a noun:

A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.

Bale as a noun:

A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).

Bale as a noun:

A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.

Bale as a verb (transitive):

To wrap into a bale.

Bale as a verb (British, nautical):

To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

Quire as a noun:

One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.

Quire as a noun (bookbinding):

A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). This is most often a single signature (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures.

Quire as a noun:

A book, poem, or pamphlet.

Quire as a verb (bookbinding):

To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.

Quire as a noun (archaic):

A choir.

Quire as a noun:

One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse.

Quire as a verb (intransitive):

To sing in concert.