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Lope vs Slither - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between lope and slither

is that lope is to jump, leap while slither is to move about smoothly and from side to side.

As a noun lope

is a horse's easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. A lope resembles a canter.

lope

English

Verb

(lop)
  • (obsolete) To jump, leap.
  • *, Bk.IX, Ch.xxxv:
  • *:And as he cam by a ryver, in hys woodnes he wolde have made hys horse to have lopyn over the watir; and the horse fayled footyng and felle in the ryver
  • *Middleton
  • *:He that lopes on the ropes.
  • To travel an easy pace with long strides.
  • :He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A horse's easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. A lope resembles a canter.
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    slither

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move about smoothly and from side to side.
  • To slide
  • * 2003 , J. Flash, An American Savage
  • I bent down and with both hands I scooped up as much of this pissshit as I could. The green and brown clump felt like Jello as it dripped down all over my clothes. It was slithering through inbetween my fingers.

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    * slitherlink

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