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Loft vs Laft - What's the difference?

loft | laft |

In obsolete terms the difference between loft and laft

is that loft is a floor or room placed above another while laft is past participle of leave.

As verbs the difference between loft and laft

is that loft is to propel high into the air while laft is past participle of leave.

As a noun loft

is air, the air; the sky, the heavens.

As an adjective loft

is lofty; proud; haughty.

loft

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete, except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
  • An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
  • (textiles) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
  • A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
  • an organ loft
  • (obsolete) A floor or room placed above another.
  • * Bible, Acts xx. 9
  • Eutychus fell down from the third loft .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To propel high into the air.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 28 , author=Tom Rostance , title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.}}
  • (bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete, rare) lofty; proud; haughty
  • (Surrey)
    ----

    laft

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete)
  • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)