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Leap vs Dart - What's the difference?

leap | dart |

In intransitive terms the difference between leap and dart

is that leap is to jump while dart is to start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.

In transitive terms the difference between leap and dart

is that leap is to cause to leap while dart is to send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.

leap

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lepen, from (etyl) ‘to stumble’).

Verb

  • To jump.
  • * anonymous, Merlin
    • It is grete nede a man to go bak to recouer the better his leep
  • * 1600 , anonymous, The wisdome of Doctor Dodypoll , act 4
    • I, I defie thee: wert not thou next him when he leapt into the Riuer?
  • * 1783 , , from the “Illiad” in Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres , lecture 4, page 65
    • Th’ infernal monarch rear’d his horrid head, Leapt from his throne, lest Neptune’s arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day.
  • * 1999 , Ai, Vice: New & Selected Poems , page 78
    • It is better to leap into the void.
  • To pass over by a leap or jump.
    • to leap a wall or a ditch
  • To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
  • To cause to leap.
    • to leap a horse across a ditch
    Usage notes
    The choice between leapt and leaped is mostly a matter of regional differences: leapt is preferred in British English and leaped in American English. According to research by John Algeo (British or American English? , Cambridge, 2006), leapt is used 80% of the time in UK and 32% in the US.
    Synonyms
    * (jump from one location to another) bound, hop, jump, spring * (jump upwards) bound, hop, jump, spring

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of leaping or jumping.
  • * L'Estrange
    • Wickedness comes on by degrees, and sudden leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural.
  • * H. Sweet
    • Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides.
  • The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
  • (figuratively) A significant move forward.
  • * 1969 July 20, , as he became the first man to step on the moon
    • That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.
  • (mining) A fault.
  • Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
  • (music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
  • (obsolete) A basket.
    • (Wyclif)
  • A weel or wicker trap for fish.
    • (Webster 1913)
    Derived terms
    * by leaps and bounds * leap day * leapfrog * leaping lizards * leap of faith * leaps and bounds * leap second * leap year * look before you leap * quantum leap

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) leep, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * leep

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • basket
  • a trap or snare for fish
  • half a bushel

    • Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs

    dart

    English

    2.Barrel 3.O-ring 4.Shaft 5.Collar 6.Flight 7.Protector.

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) dart, from (etyl) dart, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
  • * 1769 , Oxford Standard Text, , xviii, 14,
    • Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
  • Anything resembling such a pointed missile weapon; anything that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
  • * 1830 , , Sensibility'', ''The Works of Hannah More , Volume 1, page 38,
    • The artful inquiry, whose venom?d dart / Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart.
  • (Australia, obsolete) A plan or scheme.
  • * 1947 , , Halfway to Anywhere , 1970, page 79,
    • Trucking?s my dart too.
  • A sudden or fast movement.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=Septembe 24 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Six minutes later Cueto went over for his second try after the recalled Mike Tindall found him with a perfectly-timed pass, before Ashton went on another dart , this time down his opposite wing, only for his speculative pass inside to be ruled forward.}}
  • (sewing) A fold that is stitched on a garment.
  • * 2013 , The Economist, Nadia Popova
    • Somehow she managed, with a cinched waist here and a few darts there, to look like a Hollywood star.
  • A fish; the dace.
  • (in the plural) A game of throwing darts at a target.
    • Derived terms
    * dart sac

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) darten, from the noun (see above).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
  • To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot
    • The sun darts forth his beams.
    Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart ? -
  • To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
    • The flying man darted eastward.
  • To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along
    • The deer darted from the thicket.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Mark Vesty , title=Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The impressive Frenchman drove forward with purpose down the right before cutting infield and darting in between Vassiriki Diaby and Koscielny.}}
    Derived terms
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