Aslant vs Skew - What's the difference?
aslant | skew |
slanting
at a slant
* Dryden
(mathematics) Neither perpendicular nor parallel (usually said of two lines).
To change or alter in a particular direction.
To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
To throw or hurl obliquely.
To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
* L'Estrange
To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
(architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.
As adjectives the difference between aslant and skew
is that aslant is slanting while skew is (mathematics) neither perpendicular nor parallel (usually said of two lines).As adverbs the difference between aslant and skew
is that aslant is at a slant while skew is awry; obliquely; askew.As a preposition aslant
is (archaic) diagonally over or across.As a verb skew is
to change or alter in a particular direction.As a noun skew is
(architecture) a stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.aslant
English
Adjective
Adverb
- [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant .
skew
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Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* skew arch * skew back * skew bridge * skew curve * skew gearing, skew bevel gearing * skew surface * skew symmetrical determinantVerb
(en verb)- A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results.
- Child, you must walk straight, without skewing .
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)