Grounded vs Halt - What's the difference?
grounded | halt |
(aviation, of an airman) Not allowed to fly.
(of a person, predicative) Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.
(of a person) Mature]], sensible with well-considered [[priority, priorities.
(electricity, North America) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.
(ground)
(label) To limp; move with a limping gait.
(label) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
* Bible, 1 Kings xviii. 21
(label) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
(lb) To stop marching.
(lb) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
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*:And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
(lb) To bring to a stop.
(lb) To cause to discontinue.
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A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
* Clarendon
A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
(archaic) Lame, limping.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark IX:
* Bible, Luke xiv. 21
To limp.
* 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
To waver.
To falter.
As adjectives the difference between grounded and halt
is that grounded is (aviation|of an airman) not allowed to fly while halt is (archaic) lame, limping.As verbs the difference between grounded and halt
is that grounded is (ground) while halt is (label) to limp; move with a limping gait or halt can be (lb) to stop marching or halt can be to limp.As a noun halt is
a cessation, either temporary or permanent or halt can be (dated) lameness; a limp.grounded
English
(wikipedia grounded)Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *halt
English
(wikipedia halt)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian (m), Swedish (m).Verb
(en verb)- How long halt ye between two opinions?
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)- Without any halt they marched.
Etymology 3
(etyl) healt (verb (healtian)), from (etyl) . Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.Adjective
(en adjective)- It is better for the to goo halt into lyfe, then with ij. fete to be cast into hell [...].
- Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt , and the blind.
Verb
(en verb)- Do not smile at me that I boast her off,
- For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise,
- And make it halt behind her.