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Hede vs Lede - What's the difference?

hede | lede |

As nouns the difference between hede and lede

is that hede is rank; order; condition; quality while lede is a man; person.

hede

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Rank; order; condition; quality.

    • Related terms

    * (l) * (l), (l) * (l) ----

    lede

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lede, leode, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Noun

    (lede)
  • A man; person.
  • Men; people, folk.
  • * 2012 , Yahoo! Canada Answers - Is Jesus God? Did Jesus ever claim to be God?:
    • If Jesus were not God, He would have told lede to not worship Him, just as the errand-ghost in Bring to Lightings did.
  • A people or nation.
  • Tenements]]; holdings; [[possession, possessions.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    (Lede paragraph) Mid-20th century neologism from a deliberate misspelling of (lead) (reverting to its archaic, phonetic spelling – compare below), intended to avoid confusion with its homograph meaning a strip of type metal used for positioning type in the frame.WOTD 2000 Compare .

    Alternative forms

    * lead

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly US, journalism) The introductory]] [[paragraph, paragraph(s) of a newspaper or other news article.
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "lede")
    Usage notes
    Usage seems mostly confined to the U.S.Current citations in Wiktionary, listed ). In 1990, William Safire was still able to say that "lede" was jargon not listed in regular dictionaries.Safire 1990: "You will not find this spelling in dictionaries; it is still an insiders' variant, steadily growing in frequency of use. [...] Will ''lede break out of its insider status and find its way into general use? [... To suggest this is becoming standard would be misledeing"
    Derived terms
    * bury the lede * lede to kum * nulede

    See also

    *

    References

    * William Safire (1990), "On Language; (HED) Folo My Lede (UNHED)", New York Times , November 18, 1990, Nytimes.com * WOTD (2000), "The Maven's Word of the Day: lede", November 28, 2000, www.randomhouse.com * Notes:

    Anagrams

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