Skip vs Leapfrog - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between skip and leapfrog

is that skip is to move by hopping on alternate feet while leapfrog is to jump over some obstacle as in leapfrog .

As nouns the difference between skip and leapfrog

is that skip is a leaping, jumping or skipping movement or skip can be (australia|new zealand|british) a large open-topped rubbish bin, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents; called a dumpster in north america (where "skip" is completely unknown and incomprehensible) see also skep or skip can be short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority or skip can be (australia|slang) an australian of anglo-celtic descent while leapfrog is (games) a children's game in which players vault over each other's stooped backs.

skip

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), of (etyl) origin, ultimately from (etyl) .

Verb

(skipp)

To move by hopping on alternate feet.

She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.

To leap about lightly.

* Alexander Pope

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?

* Nathaniel Hawthorne

So she drew her mother away skipping , dancing, and frisking fantastically.

* {{quote-news

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To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

The rock will skip across the pond.

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To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.

I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.

To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).

My heart will skip a beat.

I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it.

* Bishop Burnet

They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters.

To place an item in a skip.

(informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).

Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.

(informal) To leave; as, to skip town, to skip the country.

* 1998 ,

I see ya' little speed boat head up our coast

She really want to ''skip town

Get back off me, beast off me

Get back you flea infested mongrel

To leap lightly over.

to skip the rope

To jump rope.

The girls were skipping in the playground.

Synonyms

* (sense) (US) play hookie

Noun

(en noun)

A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.

The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

(music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

(Busby)

A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.

* 2012 , Susan Nash, Skip Tracing Basics and Beyond (page 19)

Tracking down debtors is a big part of a skip tracer's job. That's the case because deadbeats who haven't paid their bills and have disappeared are the most common type of skips .

Derived terms

* skipping rope

Etymology 2

Noun

(en noun)

(Australia, New Zealand, British) A large open-topped rubbish bin, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents; called a dumpster in North America (where "skip" is completely unknown and incomprehensible). See also skep.

(mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.

(UK, Scotland, dialect) A skep, or basket.

A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.

(sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.

A beehive.

Synonyms

* (open-topped rubbish bin) dumpster

Etymology 3

Noun

(en noun)

Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.

(curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.

Etymology 4

A reference to the television series ; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them. Australian National Dictionary Centre » Home » Australian words » Meanings and origins of Australian words and idioms » S

Alternative forms

* skippy

Noun

(en noun)

(Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.

* 2001 , ), Effie: Just Quietly'' (TV series), Episode: ''Nearest and Dearest ,

Effie: How did you find the second, the defacto, and what nationality is she?

Barber: She is Australian.

Effie: Is she? Gone for a skip . You little radical you.

References

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leapfrog

English

Noun

(wikipedia leapfrog) (en noun)

(games) A children's game in which players vault over each other's stooped backs.

Derived terms

* leapfrogger

Verb

(leapfrogg)

To jump over some obstacle as in leapfrog .

To overtake

This new product will leapfrog the competition.

* {{quote-news

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(military) To advance by engaging enemy with one unit while the other moves further forward.

To progress as in leapfrog .