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Kloof vs Loof - What's the difference?

kloof | loof |

As nouns the difference between kloof and loof

is that kloof is (south africa) a glen; a ravine while loof is (anatomy|now|chiefly|dialectal|northern england|scotland) the palm of the hand or loof can be (nautical|obsolete) a contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship or loof can be the spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (luffa aegyptiaca ).

kloof

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (South Africa) A glen; a ravine
  • * 1901 , William Thomas Black, The Fish River bush, South Africa, and its wild animals
  • Forming the south boundary of the valley is a range of disrupted bushy hills, with intervening deep and rugged kloofs and ravines, which constituted the retreat of Jan Pockbaas and his rebel banditti.

    Derived terms

    * kloofing ----

    loof

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lufe, . Related to (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The palm of the hand.
  • (anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical, obsolete) A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.
  • (nautical) The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.
  • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (-)
  • The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca ).
  • (Webster 1913) ----