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Glissade vs Waft - What's the difference?

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Glissade is a related term of waft.


As nouns the difference between glissade and waft

is that glissade is a sliding, as down a snow slope in the alps () while waft is a light breeze.

As verbs the difference between glissade and waft

is that glissade is to perform a glissade while waft is (ergative) to (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.

glissade

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps ().
  • (ballet) A gliding step beginning and ending in a demi-).
  • A move in some dances such as the galop ().
  • (fencing) A fencing move that may disarm the opponent ().
  • Verb

    (glissad)
  • To perform a glissade.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
  • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=5 citation , passage=Flinging himself on hands and knees he dragged the girl down with him. As he did so two of her companions came sliding down to their assistance, and the four glissaded back to the deckhouse as the following roll began.}}

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    waft

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
  • * A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
  • Through the open window of the church the fragrant incense was wafted and with it the fragrant names of her who was conceived without stain of original sin…
  • * 1914 , Hugh G. Evelyn-White’s translation of Hymn to Aphrodite from the .[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0138%3Ahymn%3D6]
  • There the moist breath of the western wind wafted her over the waves of the loud-moaning sea in soft foam, and there the gold-filleted Hours welcomed her joyously.
  • To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
  • * Dryden
  • And now the shouts waft near the citadel.
  • To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
  • * Shakespeare
  • But soft: who wafts us yonder?

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A light breeze.
  • Something (a scent or odor), such as a perfume, that is carried through the air.
  • * 1908 ,
  • Meanwhile, the wafts from his old home pleaded, whispered, conjured, and finally claimed him imperiously.
  • * 2010 September, "The SLM'' Calendar", , ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 170:
  • Patrol Magazine says of this Oxford, Miss., band: "Guitars are responsible for every noise in Colour Revolt's mix—not a single note of piano, waft of synthesizer, or evidence of electronic tampering are to be found."
  • (nautical) A flag, (also called a waif or wheft), used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal.