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Lowth vs Slowth - What's the difference?

lowth | slowth |

As nouns the difference between lowth and slowth

is that lowth is lowness while slowth is (archaic) or slowth can be slow economic growth or slowth can be the state or condition of being slow; slowness.

lowth

English

Noun

(-)
  • 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.

    • slowth

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) slouthe, slewthe, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic)
  • * (rfdate) George Washington, The writings of George Washington :
    • [...] but such was the reduced state of our Continental regiments, after the battle of Brandywine, and such the slowth and difficulty of procuring reinforcements of militia from the southward, [...] (1890 edition)
  • * (rfdate) Thomas Jefferson, J. Jefferson Looney, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series (2011 edition)
    • [...] are so many and great, that it is wonderful to me, that in a course of 30 years, it is not yet brought into general use. it is one of the remarkable proofs of the slowth with which improvements in the arts & sciences advance.
    Related terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • Slow economic growth.
  • * 1980', Martin Kupferman, Maurice D. Levi, '''''Slowth , the changing economy and how you can successfully cope :
    • Slowth lies behind the difficulties each of us faces in achieving the standard of living we desire.
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    • Etymology 3

    Recoinage

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being slow; slowness.
  • * 1966 , Flying Magazine:
    • Good old-fashioned slowth is being looked at with new interest, as is exemplified by such old antiques as the old Douglas Skyraider. And, of course the helicopter, slowest of all, so slow you can easily make one go backwards.
  • * 1983 , High fidelity Musical America:
    • The tempo of the introduction, which Mahler has marked to be slow and dragging, is of the utmost "slowth " (if I may use such a word to denote the creepy, crawling atmosphere thus created).
  • * 2006 , CPU speed: new computer necessary?:
    • The slowth may have been caused by various software issues rather than anything to do with hardware.