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Lift vs Swing - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between lift and swing

is that lift is to cause to move upwards while swing is in dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.

In obsolete terms the difference between lift and swing

is that lift is to bear; to support while swing is free course; unrestrained liberty.

In lang=en terms the difference between lift and swing

is that lift is the lifting of a dance partner into the air while swing is the genre of music associated with this dance style.

In nautical terms the difference between lift and swing

is that lift is a rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard while swing is to turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.

As nouns the difference between lift and swing

is that lift is air while swing is the manner in which something is swung.

As verbs the difference between lift and swing

is that lift is to raise or rise while swing is to rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

lift

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lifte, . More at (l).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Air.
  • The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
  • Synonyms
    * (gas or vapour breathed) air * atmosphere * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) liften, lyften, from (etyl) . See above.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To raise or rise.
  • The fog eventually lifted , leaving the streets clear.
    You never lift a finger to help me!
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
  • Their walk had continued not more than ten minutes when they crossed a creek by a wooden bridge and came to a row of mean houses standing flush with the street. At the door of one, an old black woman had stooped to lift a large basket, piled high with laundered clothes.
  • *
  • (slang) To steal.
  • *
  • To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
  • To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 24 , author=David Ornstein , title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Gunners boss has been heavily criticised for his side's poor start to the Premier League season but this result helps lift the pressure.}}
  • to cause to move upwards.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 2 , author=Aled Williams , title=Swansea 2 - 0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport Wales citation , page= , passage=Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.}}
  • (informal) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
  • She can lift twice her bodyweight.
  • To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
  • * John Locke
  • strained by lifting at a weight too heavy
  • To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up .
  • * Addison
  • The Roman virtues lift up mortal man.
  • * Bible, 1 Timothy iii. 6
  • being lifted up with pride
  • (obsolete) To bear; to support.
  • (Spenser)
  • To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
  • Derived terms
    * lift-off

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of lifting or raising.
  • The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
  • He gave me a lift to the bus station.
  • (British, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
  • Take the lift to the fourth floor.
  • An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
  • (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
  • A thief.
  • * 1977 , Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld , Folio Society 2006, page 32:
  • The lift came into the shop dressed like a country gentleman, but was careful not to have a cloak about him, so that the tradesman could see he had no opportunity to conceal any goods about his person.
  • (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
  • Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
  • an improvement in mood
  • * November 17 2012 , BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355]
  • The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift .
  • The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • A rise; a degree of elevation.
  • the lift of a lock in canals
  • A lift gate.
  • (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
  • (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
  • (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
  • (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
  • (Saunier)
    (Webster 1913)
    Synonyms
    * (mechanical device) elevator * (act of transporting) ride * (upward force) uplift
    See also
    * escalator

    Anagrams

    * ----

    swing

    English

    (wikipedia swing)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) swingen, from (etyl) swingan, from (etyl) (compare Scottish Gaelic seang 'thin').

    Verb

  • To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
  • The plant swung in the breeze.
  • * 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 12
  • With one accord the tribe swung rapidly toward the frightened cries, and there found Terkoz holding an old female by the hair and beating her unmercifully with his great hands.
  • To dance.
  • To ride on a swing.
  • The children laughed as they swung .
  • To participate in the lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
  • To hang from the gallows.
  • (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
  • To fluctuate or change.
  • It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.
  • To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
  • He swung his sword as hard as he could.
  • To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
  • To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
  • If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.
  • (music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
  • (cricket) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
  • (transitive, and, intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
  • In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
  • "to swing''' one's partner", or simply "to '''swing "
  • (engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
  • The lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.
  • (carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
  • (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
  • A ship swings with the tide.
    Derived terms
    * come out swinging
    Troponyms
    *(to rotate about an off-centre fixed point) pivot, swivel

    Etymology 2

    From the above verb.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The manner in which something is swung.
  • A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
  • A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
  • * , chapter=12
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.}}
  • A dance style.
  • (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
  • The amount of change towards or away from something.
  • # (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
  • The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.
  • (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
  • The diameter that a lathe can cut.
  • In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
  • A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
  • Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
  • (obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
  • * (John Dryden)
  • Take thy swing .
  • * Burke
  • To prevent anything which may prove an obstacle to the full swing of his genius.
    Quotations
    * 1937 June 11, Judy Garland, “All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm”, A day at the races , Sam Wood (director), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer *: All God’s chillun got rhythm. All God's chillun got swing . *: Maybe haven't got money, maybe haven't got shoes. *: All God’s chillun got rhythm for to [sic. ] push away their blues.
    Derived terms
    * swing of things