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Lowth vs Loath - What's the difference?

lowth | loath |

As a noun lowth

is lowness.

As an adjective loath is

unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined.

lowth

English

Noun

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  • Lowness.
  • * 1843 , Thomas Becon, John Ayre, The early works of Thomas Becon :
    • "For I am sure that neither death nor life, neither angel nor rule, neither power, neither things present, neither things to come, neither height nor lowth , nor any other creature, shall lie able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
  • (in the plural) Lowlands.

    • loath

    English

    Alternative forms

    * loth (mostly UK)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined
    • I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file.
  • * 1911 , (Jack London), The Whale Tooth
  • *:The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.
  • (obsolete) hostile, angry, loathsome, unpleasant

    • Usage notes

    * Often confused in meaning and pronunciation with loathe, a related transitive verb. * This spelling is about four times as common as "loth" in the UK and fifty times as common in the US.

    Synonyms

    * unwilling, reluctant, averse, disinclined

    Related terms

    * loathe

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