Leet vs Lect - What's the difference?
leet | lect |
(obsolete) (let)
(British, obsolete) A regular court in which the certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction.
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.
(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:
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) .Etymology 2
From (etyl)Verb
(head)Etymology 3
Originated 1400–50 from late (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 4
Etymology 5
An aphetic form of (elite).Alternative forms
* .Adjective
(en adjective)References
* *Anagrams
* English irregular simple past forms ----lect
English
(wikipedia lect)Noun
(en noun)- 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.