Listless vs Limp - What's the difference?
listless | limp |
Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
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* 1861 , , The Stokesley Secret , ch. 6:
* 1901 , , The Hero , ch. 21:
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To happen; befall; chance.
To come upon; meet.
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]
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.
To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
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(intransitive, figuratively, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion
(poker slang) To call.
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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As adjectives the difference between listless and limp
is that listless is lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness while limp is flaccid; flabby, as flesh.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.listless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless .
- What an entirely different set of beings were those Stokesley children in lesson-time. . . . Poor, listless , stolid, deplorable logs, with bowed backs and crossed ankles, pipy voices and heavy eyes!
- The scene with Mrs. Wallace had broken his spirit, and he was listless now, indifferent to what happened.
John Hardy: Bali Guy," Time :
- “Listless , inattentive, distracted,” he recited. “A daydreamer. Tries his best, but is too slow.”
Derived terms
* listlessly * listlessnessAnagrams
*limp
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) limpen, from (etyl) .Verb
Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) *. See above.Adjective
(er)- 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.
Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From (etyl) *.Verb
(en verb)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. }}
- The bomber limped home on one engine.