Lip vs Lipo - What's the difference?

lip | lipo |

As nouns the difference between lip and lipo

is that lip is either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth while lipo is liposuction.

As a verb lip

is to touch with the lips; to kiss or lick; to lap the lips against something.

lip

English

Noun

(countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.

* Bible, Jeb. xv. 6

Thine own lips testify against thee.

(countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.

{{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , I twisted my thighs, squeezed, and compressed the lips of that virgin slit}}

(countable) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout.

(slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.

Don’t give me any lip !

The edge of a high spot of land.

* 1913 ,

They toiled forward along a tiny path on the river’s lip . Suddenly it vanished. The bank was sheer red solid clay in front of them, sloping straight into the river.

* 1894 , David Livingstone, A Popular Account of Dr Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries ,

We landed at the head of Garden Island, which is situated near the middle of the river and on the lip' of the Falls. On reaching that ' lip , and peering over the giddy height, the wondrous and unique character of the magnificent cascade at once burst upon us.

The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.

(botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.

(botany) The distinctive petal of the Orchis family.

(zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

Synonyms

* (either of the fleshy protrusions around the mouth) labium (medical term ) * (part of body resembling a lip) labium (medical) * (rim of an open container) edge, rim * (impertinence) backchat, cheek (informal), impudence, rudeness

Derived terms

* black lip * cleft lip * fat lip * lip gloss * lipless * liplike * lip-lock * lipped * lipping * lippy * lip-read * lip-reader * lip service * lip-smacking * lipstick * lip-strap * lip-synch * loose lip * tight-lipped

Verb

To touch with the lips; to kiss or lick; to lap the lips against something.

* Praed

The bubble on the wine which breaks / Before you lip the glass.

* Shakespeare

A hand that kings / Have lipped and trembled kissing.

To utter verbally.

(Keats)

To simulate speech merely by lip-movement, as suffices for a lip-reader.

(sports) to make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.

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lipo

English

Noun

(-)

(informal) liposuction

* 2005 , Cap Lesesne, Confessions of a Park Avenue Plastic Surgeon

She complained about the lip of fat creeping over the waist of her jeans. "Maybe I'll get lipo , too, next time," she said.

* 2009 , Greg Liberman, Aging with Grace

You're the one who told me I couldn't get lipo like I wanted, so this is the next best thing. But to do it, it has to be now. Tonight.

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