Brogue vs Lilt - What's the difference?
brogue | lilt |
A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language.
* 1978 , , Fair Blows the Wind , Bantam Books,
* 2010 , , Random House,
A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
(dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
(intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
To walk.
To kick.
To punch a hole in, as with an awl.
(dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters
To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic.
To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.
* Tennyson
Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking.
* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
*:Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt , he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
As nouns the difference between brogue and lilt
is that brogue is a strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language while lilt is animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.As verbs the difference between brogue and lilt
is that brogue is to speak with a brogue (accent) while lilt is to do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.brogue
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)page 62:
- I had no doubt he knew where I was from, for I had the brogue , although not much of it.
page 187:
- “No-man's-land.” The words were spoken in a deep voice filled with salt water and brogue .
Synonyms
* broganDerived terms
* brogued * brogueing * broguery * broguishVerb
(brogu)See also
* (Brogue shoe)Etymology 2
Possibly from (etyl) brouillerVerb
(brogu)lilt
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Wordsworth)
- A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, / With scraps of thundrous epic lilted out / By violet-hooded doctors.