The difference between Brook and Thole
When used as nouns, brook means a body of running water smaller than a river, whereas thole means the ability to bear or endure something.
When used as verbs, brook means to use, whereas thole means to suffer.
check bellow for the other definitions of Brook and Thole
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Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots):
To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
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Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To earn; deserve.
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Brook as a verb (transitive):
To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).
Examples:
"I will not brook any disobedience.   I will brook no refusal.   I will brook no impertinence."
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Brook as a noun:
A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
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Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent):
A water meadow.
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Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent, in the plural):
Low, marshy ground.
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Thole as a verb (intransitive, dated):
To suffer.
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Thole as a verb (transitive, now, Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland):
To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.
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Thole as a noun (obsolete, rare, or, regional):
The ability to bear or endure something; endurance, patience.
Examples:
"He’s got no thole for nonsense."
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Thole as a noun:
A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.
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Thole as a noun:
A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.
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Thole as a noun (architecture):
A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus.