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Lend vs Scrounge - What's the difference?

lend | scrounge |

As nouns the difference between lend and scrounge

is that lend is the lumbar region; loin while scrounge is someone who scrounges; a scrounger.

As verbs the difference between lend and scrounge

is that lend is to allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned while scrounge is to hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.

lend

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lende (usually in plural as lendes, leendes, lyndes), from (etyl) lendenu, .

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l) (Scotland) * (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The lumbar region; loin.
  • The loins; flank; buttocks.

    • Etymology 2

    From earlier len (with excrescent -d'', as in . See also (l).

    Verb

  • To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be ed.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=71, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= End of the peer show , passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend .}}
  • To make a loan.
  • (reflexive) To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
  • To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
    • Can you lend me some assistance?
    The famous director lent his name to the new film.
  • * Addison
    • Cato, lend me for a while thy patience.
  • * J. A. Symonds
    • Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions.
  • (proscribed) To borrow.
    • Antonyms
    * borrow
    Derived terms
    * lend to believe * have a lend
    See also
    * give back * lender * loan * pay back

    References

    * * English irregular verbs 1000 English basic words ----

    scrounge

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
  • * 1965 , (Bob Dylan), (Like a Rolling Stone)
    • Now you don't seem so proud about having to be scrounging your next meal.
  • To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
    • As long as he's got someone who'll let him scrounge off them, he'll never settle down and get a full-time job.

    Synonyms

    * (obtain from another) blag, cadge (UK), leech, sponge, wheedle

    Derived terms

    * scrounger

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.

    • See also

    * scringe * scrooge * scrouge * scrunge