Loose vs Weak - What's the difference?
loose | weak |
To let loose, to free from restraints.
* Bible, Matthew xxi. 2
To unfasten, to loosen.
To make less tight, to loosen.
Of a grip or hold, to let go.
(archery) to shoot (an arrow)
(obsolete) To set sail.
* 1611 :
(obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
Not held or packaged together.
Not under control.
* Addison
Not fitting closely
Not compact.
* Milton
Relaxed.
Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
* Whewell
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(dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I:
* Spenser
* Sir Walter Scott
(not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 28
, author=Tom Rostance
, title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos
, work=BBC Sport
(dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
(archery) The release of an arrow.
(obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
(sports)
* 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
Freedom from restraint.
* Addison
A letting go; discharge.
Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
* Joseph Addison, The Fair Petinent Act I, scene I:
Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
*
, title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 (grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:
# (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
# (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
# (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
(physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
(slang) Bad or uncool.
(mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a statement which implies it.)
Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
* Milton
Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
* Milton
Lacking in vigour or expression.
Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
* Shakespeare
(stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.
In lang=en terms the difference between loose and weak
is that loose is not costive; having lax bowels while weak is bad or uncool.As adjectives the difference between loose and weak
is that loose is not fixed in place tightly or firmly while weak is lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.As a verb loose
is to let loose, to free from restraints.As a noun loose
is the release of an arrow.As an interjection loose
is begin shooting; release your arrows.loose
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) , whence also (m), (m), via Ancient Greek.Verb
(loos)- Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me.
- Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
- (Spenser)
Synonyms
* (let loose) free, release * (unfasten) loosen, unbind, undo, unfasten, untie * (make less tight) loosen, relax, slacken * (of grip or hold) let go, release * (archery) fire, shootAntonyms
* (let loose) bind, constrain * (unfasten) bind, fasten, tie * (make less tight) tighten * (of grip or hold) tighten * (archery) fastAdjective
(er)- This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.
- You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose .
- The dog is loose again.
- Now I stand / Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts?
- I wear loose clothes when it is hot.
- It is difficult walking on loose gravel.
- a cloth of loose texture
- with horse and chariots ranked in loose array
- She danced with a loose flowing movement.
- a loose way of reasoning
- The comparison employed must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation.
- Loose talk costs lives.
- In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose , / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.
- loose ladies in delight
- the loose morality which he had learned
- He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.
- The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net.
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- (John Locke)
Synonyms
* (not fixed in place tightly or firmly) * (not held or packaged together) separate, unpackaged * (not bound or tethered or leashed) free, untethered * (not fitting closely) baggy * (not compact) * (relaxed) loose-limbed, relaxed * (indiscreet) indiscreet * (promiscuous) polygamous, promiscuous, slutty, tarty, whorishAntonyms
* (not fixed in place tightly or firmly) * (not held or packaged together) packaged * (not bound or tethered or leashed) bound, leashed, tethered, tied, tied up * (not fitting closely) close-fitting, snug, tight * (not compact) compact, firm * (relaxed) tense, tensed * (indiscreet) discreet * (promiscuous) faithful, monogamousDerived terms
* break loose * cast loose * cut loose * hang loose * let loose * loosen * loose coupling * loose lip * on the loose * stay loose * turn looseNoun
(en noun)- The defeat will leave manager Martin Johnson under pressure after his gamble of pairing Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood at 10 and 12 failed to ignite the England back line, while his forwards were repeatedly second best at the set-piece and in the loose .
- (Prior)
- Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
- (Ben Jonson)
Derived terms
* give a looseAntonyms
* fastAnagrams
*Etymology 2
Verb
(head)- I'm going to loose this game.
Derived terms
* looserweak
English
Adjective
(er)- a poor, infirm, weak , and despised old man
- weak with hunger, mad with love
- a weak''' timber; a '''weak rope
- weak''' resolutions; '''weak virtue
- Guard thy heart / On this weak side, where most our nature fails.
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- If evil thence ensue, / She first his weak indulgence will accuse.
- The prosecution advanced a weak case.
- convinced of his weak arguing
- a weak''' sentence; a '''weak style
- weak prayers
- a weak market