Eases vs Leases - What's the difference?
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(ease)
The state of being comfortable or free from stress.
Freedom from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
Freedom from effort, difficulty or hardship.
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Dexterity or facility.
Affluence and freedom from financial problems.
Relaxation, rest and leisure.
(clothing) Additional space to allow movement within a garment.
To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
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To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
To give respite to (someone).
To loosen or slacken the tension on (something).
To reduce the difficulty of (something).
To move (something) slowly and carefully.
To lessen in severity.
To proceed with little effort.
(lease)
(chiefly dialectal) to gather.
(chiefly dialectal) to pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
(chiefly dialectal) to glean.
(chiefly dialectal) to glean, gather up leavings.
false; lying; deceptive
To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
an open pasture or common
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To release; let go; unloose.
To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).
To take or hold by lease.
To grant a lease; to let or rent.
A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent
The period of such a contract
A leasehold
The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
As verbs the difference between eases and leases
is that eases is third-person singular of ease while leases is third-person singular of lease.eases
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Verb
(head)ease
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Noun
(-)- She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.
- ''His mind was at ease when he received his pension.
- He passed all the exams with ease .
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- He played the organ with ease .
- After winning the jackpot, she lived a life of luxurious ease .
- We took our ease on the patio.
- to add ease to a waist measurement
Quotations
* (English Citations of "ease")Synonyms
* (state of being comfortable or free from stress) comfort, peace * peace of mind * (dexterity or facility) dexterity, facility, skill * free time, leisure, relaxation, restDerived terms
* chapel of ease * at ease * ease of useReferences
Verb
(eas)- He eased his conscience by confessing.
- Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.
- ''He loosened his shoe to ease the pain.
- The provision of extra staff eased their workload.
- We eased the rope, then lowered the sail.
- We had to ease the entry requirements.
- He eased the cork from the bottle.
- The pain eased overnight.
- The car eased onto the motorway.
Synonyms
* assuage, salve * alleviate, assuage, lessen, reduce * give someone a break (informal), lay off (informal) * loosen, relax, slacken * simplify * (lessen in severity) lessen, reduce * (proceed with little effort) cruiseleases
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*lease
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) lesen, from (etyl) .Verb
(leas)- (Dryden)