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Limp vs Liable - What's the difference?

limp | liable |

As adjectives the difference between limp and liable

is that limp is flaccid; flabby, as flesh while liable is bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.

As a verb limp

is to happen; befall; chance or limp can be to be inadequate or unsatisfactory or limp can be to walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.

As a noun limp

is a scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging or limp can be an irregular, jerky or awkward gait.

limp

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) limpen, from (etyl) .

Verb

  • To happen; befall; chance.
  • To come upon; meet.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) *. See above.

    Adjective

    (er)
  • flaccid; flabby, as flesh.
  • lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.
  • (of a penis) not erect
  • (of a man) not having an erect penis
  • physically weak
  • * 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
  • Another line-out was stolen, and when the ball was sent left Clerc stepped and spun through limp challenges from Wilkinson, Chris Ashton and Foden to dive over and make it 11-0.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) *.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=April 11 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley. }}
  • (intransitive, figuratively, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion
  • The bomber limped home on one engine.
  • (poker slang) To call.
  • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Noun

    (wikipedia limp) (en noun)
  • An irregular, jerky or awkward gait
  • A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve
  • A code-word among s, standing for L'ouis XIV, '''J'''ames II, Queen '''M'''ary of Modena and the ' P rince of Wales.Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Millennium Edition, art. "Limp"
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    liable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
  • The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
  • The passion for philosophy, like that for religion, seems liable to this inconvenience
  • Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable.
  • Likely.
  • Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.

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