Leading vs Noble - What's the difference?
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.}}
Providing guidance or direction.
Ranking first.
Occurring in advance; preceding.
An act by which one is led or guided
* {{quote-book, year=1792, author=William Carey, title=An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the, chapter=, edition=
, passage=It has been said that we ought not to force our way, but to wait for the openings, and leadings of Providence; but it might with equal propriety be answered in this case, neither ought we to neglect embracing those openings in providence which daily present themselves to us. }}
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* {{quote-book, year=1904, author=Edward Dowden, title=Robert Browning, chapter=, edition=
, passage=In his poetic method each writer followed the leadings of his own genius, without reference to common rules and standards; the individualism of the Revolutionary epoch asserted itself to the full. }}
An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.
* 1499 , (John Skelton), The Bowge of Courte :
* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
* 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 93:
Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.
Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.
*, chapter=5
, title= Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.
Leading is a related term of noble.
As a verb leading
is .As an adjective leading
is providing guidance or direction.As a noun leading
is an act by which one is led or guided or leading can be (typography) vertical space added between lines; line spacing.As a proper noun noble is
.leading
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Avoiding leading questions if you really want the truth.
- He is a leading supplier of plumbing supplies in the county.
- The stock market can be a leading economic indicator.
Coordinate terms
* (occurring in advance) concurrent, laggingDerived terms
* leading indicatorNoun
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Etymology 2
From lead (chemical element).Anagrams
*noble
English
(wikipedia noble)Noun
(en noun)- This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.
- I lyked no thynge his playe, / For yf I had not quyckely fledde the touche, / He had plucte oute the nobles of my pouche.
- And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.
- There, before the high altar, as the choir's voices soared upwards to the blue, star-flecked ceiling, Henry knelt and made his offering of a ‘noble in gold’, 6s 8d.
Antonyms
* commoner * plebeianHyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* half-noble * noble gasAdjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}