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Glome vs Glope - What's the difference?

glome | glope |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between glome and glope

is that glome is (obsolete) gloom while glope is (obsolete) astonishment; awe; fear.

As nouns the difference between glome and glope

is that glome is (anatomy) one of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot or glome can be (obsolete) gloom while glope is (obsolete) astonishment; awe; fear.

As verbs the difference between glome and glope

is that glome is (obsolete) to look gloomy, morose, or sullen while glope is (dialectal) to gaze in alarm; be terrified; stare.

glome

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) (lena) (glomus) a ball. Compare (globe).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.
  • (geometry) A hypersphere in 4-dimensional Euclidean space defined as the set of all points that are at a given distance from a given point, also called a 3-sphere.

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (glom)
  • (obsolete) To look gloomy, morose, or sullen.
    • (Surrey)

    Noun

  • (obsolete) gloom
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    glope

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l) (Scotland)

    Verb

    (glop)
  • (dialectal) To gaze in alarm; be terrified; stare.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Astonishment; awe; fear.