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Lilted vs Listed - What's the difference?

lilted | listed |

As verbs the difference between lilted and listed

is that lilted is (lilt) while listed is (list).

As an adjective listed is

entered on a list, especially an official one.

lilted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (lilt)

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    lilt

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
    • (Wordsworth)
  • To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic.
  • To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.
  • * Tennyson
    • A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, / With scraps of thundrous epic lilted out / By violet-hooded doctors.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
  • A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
  • A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking.
  • * July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
  • *:Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt , he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.

    • See also

    * brogue * drawl * lisp * twang (Webster 1913)

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    listed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • entered on a list, especially an official one
  • (British, of a building) protected from demolition or alteration

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    Verb

    (head)
  • (list)