Lofty vs Notable - What's the difference?
lofty | notable | Related terms |
high, tall, having great height or stature
* {{quote-book
, year=1862
, author=George Borrow
, title=Wild Wales
, chapter=98
idealistic, implying over-optimism
* 2013 , Delme Parfitt in Wales Online'', ''Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win (3 November 2013)
extremely proud; arrogant; haughty
* F. Harrison
(obsolete) Useful; profitable.
* 1754 , James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae: familiar letters domestic and foreign :
Prudent; clever; capable; industrious; thrifty.
* 1863 , Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's lovers :
Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
* Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona :
(dated) Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident.
* Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona :
Lofty is a related term of notable.
As a proper noun lofty
is (informal) nickname for a tall (usually male) person.As an adjective notable is
(obsolete) useful; profitable or notable can be worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.As a noun notable is
a person or thing of distinction.lofty
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=On my left was a river, which came roaring down from a range of lofty mountains right before me to the south-east.}}
- a lofty bed
- a lofty goal
- A goal from Steven Caulker, just after the hour mark, was enough to hand victory to Malky Mackay's men, with Swansea falling some way short of the lofty standards they have set previously at this level.
- that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
notable
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Adjective
(en adjective)- Your honourable Uncle Sir Robert Mansel, who is now in the Mediterranean, hath been very notable to me, and I shall ever acknowledge a good part of my Education from him.
- Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean linen cap; [...]
Etymology 2
From (etyl) notable, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- [...] how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?
- A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.
