angel vs angle : Common Errors in English

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About angel vs angle

People who want to write about winged beings from Heaven often miscall them “angles.” A triangle has three angles. The Heavenly Host is made of angels. Just remember the adjectival form: “angelic.” If you pronounce it aloud you’ll be reminded that the E comes before the L.

angel Meaning(s)

  • (n) spiritual being attendant upon God
  • (n) person of exceptional holiness
  • (n) invests in a theatrical production
  • (n) the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally

angle Meaning(s)

  • (n) the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
  • (n) a biased way of looking at or presenting something
  • (n) a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
  • (v) move or proceed at an angle
  • (v) to incline or bend from a vertical position
  • (v) seek indirectly
  • (v) fish with a hook
  • (v) present with a bias
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