The difference between Equal and Spell

When used as nouns, equal means a person or thing of equal status to others, whereas spell means words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.

When used as verbs, equal means to be equal to, to have the same value as, whereas spell means to put under the influence of a spell.

Equal is also adjective with the meaning: the same in all respects.

check bellow for the other definitions of Equal and Spell

  1. Equal as an adjective (not comparable):

    The same in all respects.

    Examples:

    "'Equal conditions should produce equal results."

    "All men are created equal."

  2. Equal as an adjective (mathematics, not comparable):

    Exactly identical, having the same value.

    Examples:

    "All right angles are equal."

  3. Equal as an adjective (obsolete):

    Fair, impartial.

  4. Equal as an adjective (comparable):

    Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.

    Examples:

    "This test is pretty tough, but I think I'm equal to it."

  5. Equal as an adjective (obsolete):

    Not variable; equable; uniform; even.

    Examples:

    "an equal movement"

  6. Equal as an adjective (music):

    Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.

  1. Equal as a verb (mathematics):

    To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.

    Examples:

    "Two plus two equals four."

  2. Equal as a verb:

    To be equivalent to; to match

    Examples:

    "David equaled the water level of the bottles, so they now both contain exactly 1 liter."

  3. Equal as a verb (informal):

    To have as its consequence.

    Examples:

    "Losing this deal equals losing your job."

    "Might does not equal right."

  1. Equal as a noun:

    A person or thing of equal status to others.

    Examples:

    "We're all equals here."

    "This beer has no equal."

  2. Equal as a noun (obsolete):

    State of being equal; equality.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Spenser"

  1. Spell as a noun:

    Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.

    Examples:

    "He cast a spell to cure warts."

  2. Spell as a noun:

    A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.

    Examples:

    "under a spell"

  3. Spell as a noun (obsolete):

    Speech, discourse.

  1. Spell as a verb:

    To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

  2. Spell as a verb (obsolete):

    To speak, to declaim.

  3. Spell as a verb (obsolete):

    To tell; to relate; to teach.

  1. Spell as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.

  2. Spell as a verb (transitive, sometimes with “out”):

    To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.

  3. Spell as a verb (intransitive):

    To be able to write or say the letters that form words.

    Examples:

    "I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic."

  4. Spell as a verb (transitive):

    Of letters: to compose (a word).

    Examples:

    "The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”."

  5. Spell as a verb (transitive, figuratively):

    To indicate that (some event) will occur.

    Examples:

    "This spells trouble."

  6. Spell as a verb (transitive, figuratively, with “out”):

    To clarify; to explain in detail.

    Examples:

    "Please spell it out for me."

  7. Spell as a verb:

    To constitute; to measure.

  1. Spell as a verb (transitive):

    To work in place of (someone).

    Examples:

    "to spell the helmsman"

  2. Spell as a verb (transitive):

    To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.

    Examples:

    "They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook."

  3. Spell as a verb (intransitive, colloquial):

    To rest from work for a time.

  1. Spell as a noun (rare):

    A (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.

  2. Spell as a noun (informal):

    A definite (of work or other activity).

  3. Spell as a noun (colloquial):

    An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); a relatively short distance.

  4. Spell as a noun:

    A period of rest; time off.

  5. Spell as a noun (colloquial, US):

    A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.

  6. Spell as a noun (cricket):

    An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.

  1. Spell as a noun (dialectal):

    A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Holland"

  2. Spell as a noun:

    The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

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