Lithe vs Limp - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between lithe and limp

is that lithe is to listen to while limp is to walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.

As verbs the difference between lithe and limp

is that lithe is (obsolete) to go or lithe can be (obsolete) to become calm or lithe can be (obsolete) to give ear; attend; listen while 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 adjectives the difference between lithe and limp

is that lithe is (obsolete) mild; calm while limp is flaccid; flabby, as flesh.

As nouns the difference between lithe and limp

is that lithe is (scotland) shelter while 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.

lithe

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lithen, from (etyl) . See also (l), (l).

Verb

(obsolete) To go.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) lithe, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(er)

(obsolete) Mild; calm.

''lithe weather

slim but not skinny

lithe body

She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe , polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.

Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber

the elephant’s lithe proboscis.

* 1861 , , page 125

… she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace …

Synonyms

* lithesome, lissome,

Etymology 3

From (etyl) lithen, from (etyl) .

Verb

(head)

(obsolete) To become calm.

(obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.

Etymology 4

From (etyl) lithen, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Verb

(lith)

(obsolete) To give ear; attend; listen.

To listen to.

Etymology 5

Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of (lewth).

Noun

(en noun)

(Scotland) Shelter.

* 1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song :

So Cospatric got him the Pict folk to build a strong castle there in the lithe of the hills, with the Grampians dark and bleak behind it, and he had the Den drained and he married a Pict lady and got on her bairns and he lived there till he died.

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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

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(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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