The difference between Lone and Sole
When used as adjectives, lone means solitary, whereas sole means only.
Sole is also noun with the meaning: a wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
Sole is also verb with the meaning: to pull by the ears.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lone and Sole
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Lone as an adjective:
Solitary; having no companion.
Examples:
"a lone traveler or watcher"
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Lone as an adjective:
Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
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Lone as an adjective:
Sole; being the only one of a type.
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Lone as an adjective:
Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
Examples:
"a lone house;  a lone isle"
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Lone as an adjective (archaic):
Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
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Lone as an adjective (archaic):
Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
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Sole as a noun (dialectal, or, obsolete):
A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
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Sole as a noun (dialectal, Northern England):
A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.
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Sole as a verb (transitive, UK, _, dialectal):
To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.
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Sole as an adjective:
only
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Sole as an adjective (legal):
unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
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Sole as a noun (anatomy):
The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
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Sole as a noun (footwear):
The bottom of a shoe or boot.
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Sole as a noun (obsolete):
The foot itself.
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Sole as a noun:
Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.
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Sole as a noun (military):
The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing. The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade. The bottom of a furrow. The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes. The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts. The bottom of an embrasure. A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
Examples:
"rfquotek Totten"
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Sole as a noun (mining):
The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
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Sole as a verb (transitive):
to put a sole on (a shoe or boot)