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Leet vs Lect - What's the difference?

leet | lect |

As nouns the difference between leet and lect

is that leet is (scotland) a portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office or leet can be (british|obsolete) a regular court in which the certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction or leet can be (zoology) the european pollock or leet can be (internet slang) while lect is (linguistics|sociolinguistics) a specific form of a language or : a language or a dialect.

As a verb leet

is (obsolete) (let).

As an adjective leet

is of or relating to leetspeak.

leet

English

(wikipedia leet)

Etymology 1

Compare (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Scotland) A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (let)
  • Etymology 3

    Originated 1400–50 from late (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, obsolete) A regular court in which the certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction.
  • Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) The European pollock.
  • Etymology 5

    An aphetic form of (elite).

    Alternative forms

    * .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet slang)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to leetspeak.
  • (slang) Possessing outstanding skill in a field; expert, masterful.
  • (slang) Having superior social rank over others; upper class, elite.
  • (slang) Awesome, typically to describe a feat of skill; cool, sweet.
  • References

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    lect

    English

    (wikipedia lect)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics, sociolinguistics) A specific form of a language or : a language or a dialect.
  • * 1980 , Frederick B. Agard, The Genealogy of the French Language'', published in ''Contributions to historical linguistics (ISBN 90-04-06130-4), page 222:
  • These, together with (some) Romansh lects', belong to our West Rhaetian; the /?/ also supported by two '''lects''' from the Ticino which by our criteria are NWIt, and by the partially umlauting '''lects''' of Lombardy which together with (some) Engadine ' lects belong to our East Rhaetian.

    Usage notes

    The term is used when it is not possible or preferable to decide whether something is a distinct language or only a dialect of a language.

    Synonyms

    * variety

    Derived terms

    * lectal