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Loupe vs Loipe - What's the difference?

loupe | loipe |

As a verb loupe

is .

As a noun loipe is

a cross-country ski trail.

loupe

English

(wikipedia loupe)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A magnifying glass, usually mounted in an eyepiece, often used by jewellers and watchmakers.
  • * 1996 , (David Foster Wallace), Infinite Jest , Abacus 2013, p. 213:
    • Pemulis owns stuff like philatelic forceps, a loupe , a pharmaceutical scale, a postal scale, a personal-size Bunsen burner […].
  • * 2006 , (Thomas Pynchon), Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 264:
    • pale gnomes, patient as lock-pickers, squinted through loupes , adjusting tremblers and timers with tiny screwdrivers and forceps.
  • A type of short-range binoculars used by surgeons and dentists.

    • See also

    * lens * magnifying glass ----

    loipe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cross-country ski trail.
  • * 2006 : First to Last , Dennis W. Lid
    • As the profile of the loipe flashed through his mind, he felt a sinking feeling in his stomach, and struggled into a full snowplough, using both skis to decelerate as hard as possible.
  • * 2004 : The Alps , Krista Dana
    • Cross-country skiers enjoy 21km of loipe', and winter walkers head out on 17km of footpaths; the tourist office offers ' loipe and walking maps.
  • * 1979 : The Skier's Encyclopedia , Mark F. Heller
    • The provision of one of the basic requirements, a prepared track, commonly called a "loipe ," is now a normal feature of almost every resort in the world.