Loom vs Toom - What's the difference?
loom | toom |
A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.
* Rambler
That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock
to impend; to threaten or hang over.
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To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
* J. M. Mason
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Vacant time, leisure.
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As nouns the difference between loom and toom
is that loom is a utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general or loom can be (dated) loon (bird of order gaviformes ) while toom is (chiefly scottish) a piece of waste ground where rubbish is shot or toom can be vacant time, leisure.As verbs the difference between loom and toom
is that loom is to impend; to threaten or hang over while toom is (rare|or|dialectal) to empty; teem.As an adjective toom is
(rare|or|dialectal|northern england|scotland) empty.loom
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lome, from (etyl) . See (l).Noun
(en noun)- Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.
Derived terms
* hand loom * power loomEtymology 2
Etymology 3
From (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- The clouds loomed over the mountains.
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- On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.
