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In archaic terms the difference between list and right

is that list is to wish, like, desire (to do something) while right is straight, not bent.

As nouns the difference between list and right

is that list is a strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth while right is that which complies with justice, law or reason.

As verbs the difference between list and right

is that list is to create or recite a list while right is to correct.

As an adjective right is

straight, not bent.

As an adverb right is

on the right side.

As an interjection right is

yes, that is correct; I agree.

list

English

(wikipedia list)

Etymology 1

From (etyl), mostly from (etyl) gave rise to the sense of "catalogue of names" by circa 1600; it was influenced by (etyl) liste'' or (etyl) ''lista (both meaning "border, band; strip of paper"), which are themselves from the Germanic word.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
  • * Shakespeare:
  • gartered with a red and blue list
  • Material used for cloth selvage.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1893, author=(Arthur Conan Doyle), title=The Naval Treaty, page=681, publisher=Norton 2005,
  • passage=The charwomen are in the habit of taking off their boots at the commissionaire's office, and putting on list slippers.}}
  • (in the plural) The palisades or barriers used to fence off a space for tilting or jousting tournaments.
  • * 1663 , (Hudibras) , by (Samuel Butler), part 1, :
  • With truncheon tipp'd with iron head, / The warrior to the lists he led.
  • * (Alexander Pope)
  • In measured lists to toss the weighty lance.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1819, author=(Walter Scott), title=(Ivanhoe),
  • passage=William de Wyvil, and Stephen de Martival, [...] armed at all points, rode up and down the lists to enforce and preserve good order among the spectators.}}
  • A register or roll of paper consisting of an enumeration or compilation of a set of possible items; the enumeration or compilation itself.
  • * Francis Bacon:
  • He was the ablest emperor of all the list .
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= A punch in the gut , passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial.
  • (computing, programming) A codified representation of a list, used to store data or in processing; especially, in the LISP programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
  • (obsolete) A limit or boundary; a border.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The very list , the very utmost bound, / Of all our fortunes.
  • (obsolete) A stripe.
  • (Sir Thomas Browne)
  • (architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
  • (carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
  • (ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
  • (tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin.
  • (tin-plate manufacture) A wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
  • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * association list * blacklist * bucket list * bullet list * checklist * clout list * definition list * grocery list * hit list * laundry list * listicle * list price * mailing list * material list * punch list * set list * short list * stop list * to-do list * waiting list * whitelist * wine list * wish list

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To create or recite a list.
  • To place in listings.
  • (obsolete) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
  • (obsolete) To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
  • * Walter Scott, The Waverly Novels :
  • "I will list you for my soldier, then," said the Countess.
  • To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
  • To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or form a border.
  • To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
  • to list a door
  • * Alfred Tennyson:
  • The tree that stood white-listed through the gloom.
  • (carpentry) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
  • to list a board
    Derived terms
    * delist * interlist

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) liste, from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l), (l).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) Art; craft; cunning; skill.
  • * 1877 , James Clarke & Co, The literary world :
  • In discussing the Syllabus and the last dogma of 1870, so much must be allowed for Italian list and cunning, or a word-fence. An Englishman, with his matter-of-fact way of putting things, is no match for these gentry.
  • * 1893 , Solomon Caesar, Original notes on the Book of Proverbs :
  • "[...] The foxes had heard that the fowls were sick, and went to see them decked in peacock's feathers; said of men who speak friendly, but only with list or cunning within."
  • * 1897 , Lilian Winser, Lays and legends of the Weald of Kent :
  • For when the guileful monster smiled Snakes left their holes and hissed, — And stroking soft his silken beard Raised creatures full of list .
  • * 1991 , Alexander L. Ringer, The Early romantic era :
  • The general bass, in its fixed lines, is taken by surprise and overwhelmed by List ... (List = cunning); [...].
  • * 1992 , University of Reading. Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, Reading medieval studies :
  • The latter wins his fight not by list but through straightforward knightly prowess, [...]
  • * 2000 , Cordula Scholz, Georgios Makris, Peter Schreiner, Polypleuros nous :
  • It is worth noting that, contrary to Alexios who according to his daughter did not scruple to use any tricks to achieve his goal, Manuel, as depicted by Kinnamos, preferred "to win by war rather than by list ."
  • * 2008 , Jon B. Sherman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The magician in medieval German literature :
  • One man can accomplish with list (magic), that which a thousand could not accomplish, regardless of how strong they were.

    Etymology 3

    From (listen).

    Verb

  • (poetic) To listen.
  • * 1607 , iv 3 :
  • Peace, what noise? / List', ' list ! / Hark! / Music i' the air.
  • (poetic) To listen to.
  • * Shakespeare:
  • Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain, / If with too credent ear you list his songs.

    Etymology 4

    Possibly from tilting on lists in jousts.[http://www.drbilllong.com/CurrentEventsV/ListWII.html]

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A tilting or careening to one side, usually not intentionally / not under a ship's own power.
  • (architecture) A tilt to a building.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To tilt to one side.
  • the ship listed to port
  • (nautical) To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
  • the steady wind listed the ship

    Etymology 5

    (etyl) lystan, from (etyl) ).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To be pleasing to.
  • (archaic) To wish, like, desire (to do something).
  • * 1610 , , act 3 scene 2
  • If thou beest a man, show thyself in thy / likeness: if thou beest a devil, take't as thou list .
  • * 1843 , '', book 3, ch. VIII, ''Unworking Aristocracy
  • Ye are as gods, that can create soil. Soil-creating gods there is no withstanding. They have the might to sell wheat at what price they list ; and the right, to all lengths, and famine-lengths, — if they be pitiless infernal gods!
  • * 1959 , , "What is Political Philosophy?", in What is Political Philosophy? , page 51:
  • License consists in doing what one lists ; liberty consists in doing in the right manner the good only;
  • * 2007 , John Burrow, A History of Histories , Penguin 2009, page 413:
  • The spirit seemed to blow where it listed among a historically motley collection of Catholic theologians, Puritan zealots and American squires.
    Derived terms
    * listless

    Noun

  • (obsolete) Inclination; desire.
  • Anagrams

    * * *

    References

    1000 English basic words ----

    right

    English

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    Alternative forms

    * (informal)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (archaic) Straight, not bent.
  • a right line
  • Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
  • The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
  • Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
  • I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.
    It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work.
  • * (John Locke)
  • If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is right , "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die."
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
  • there are some dispositions blame-worthy in men, which are yet, in a right sense, holily ascribed unto God; as unchangeableness, and irrepentance.
  • Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
  • Is this the right software for my computer?
  • Healthy, sane, competent.
  • I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
  • Real; veritable.
  • You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
  • * Milton
  • In this battle, the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to be right barbarians.
  • (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
  • * 1986 David Williamson, "What If You Died Tomorrow," Collected plays , Volume 1, Currency Press, p310
  • KIRSTY: I suppose you're hungry. Would you like something to eat? / KEN: No. I'm right , thanks.
  • * 2001 Catherine Menagé, Access to English, National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, NSW: Sydney, p25
  • When the sales assistant sees the customer, she asks Are you right , sir?'' This means ''Are you all right? She wants to know if he needs any help.
  • * 2001 Morris Gleitzman, Two weeks with the Queen, Pan Macmillan Australia, p75
  • 'You lost?' / Colin spun round. Looking at him was a nurse, her eyebrows raised. / 'No, I'm right , thanks,' said Colin.'
  • (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
  • * Spectator
  • The lady has been disappointed on the right side.
  • Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: ?
  • After the accident, her right leg was slighly shorter than her left.
  • Designed to be placed or worn outward.
  • the right side of a piece of cloth
  • (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
  • Synonyms
    * (correctness) correct, just * dexter, dextral, right-hand * (politics) conservative, right-wing * (as a tag question) see
    Antonyms
    * (straightness) bowed, crooked, curved * (correctness) wrong * left
    Derived terms
    * a broken clock is right twice a day * alright, all right * do right by * in one's right mind * it's all right * right angle * right as a trivet * right as rain * right away * rightdom * righteous * right hand * right handed, right-handed * right-hand man * righthood * rightly * right-minded * rightness * right off * right off the bat * right of way * Right Reverend * right triangle * she'll be right

    Adverb

    (-)
  • On the right side.
  • Towards the right side.
  • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Yes, that is correct; I agree.
  • I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
  • (non-gloss definition).
  • - After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.
    - Right — who wants lunch?
  • (Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance).
  • You're going, right ?
  • * 1987 , :
  • Withnail: Right ... I'm gonna do the washing up.
    Derived terms
    * yeah right

    Noun

    (wikipedia right) (en noun)
  • That which complies with justice, law or reason.
  • A legal or moral entitlement.
  • * (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)
  • There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2
  • , passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
  • , title= Cronies and capitols , passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.}}
  • The right side or direction.
  • (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
  • The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
  • Synonyms
    * (right side) starboard,
    Antonyms
    * (legal or moral entitlement) duty, obligation
    Derived terms
    * bragging rights * human rights * Miranda rights * rightful * right of first refusal * shop right * to the right * two wrongs don't make a right * two wrongs make a right

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) , from riht, from the same ultimate source as Etymology 1, above.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To correct.
  • Righting all the wrongs of the war will be impossible.
  • To set upright.
  • The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
  • To return to normal upright position.
  • When the wind died down, the ship righted .
  • To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
  • to right the oppressed
  • * Shakespeare
  • So just is God, to right the innocent.
  • * Jefferson
  • All experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Exactly, precisely.
  • *
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}
  • Very, extremely, quite.
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  • * (rfdate) Ann Hite, Ghost on Black Mountain ,
  • The fog was right hard to see through so I was on Tom Pritchard before I saw him.
  • According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
  • In a correct manner.
  • To a great extent or degree.
  • *, chapter=13
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=He b'iled right over, and the tongue-lashing he give that boss Right Liver beat anything I ever listened to. There was heap of Scriptur' language in it, and more brimstone than you'd find in a match factory.}}
    Usage notes
    In the US, the word "right" is used as an adverb meaning "very, quite" in most of the major dialect areas, including the Southern US, Appalachia, New England and the Midwest, though the usage is not part of standard US English.
    Synonyms
    * exactly, just, precisely, smack dab
    Derived terms
    * right smart

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