Lude vs Elude - What's the difference?
lude | elude |
(obsolete) Sound, noise, clamor
To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 26.
To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=December 29
, author=Paul Doyle
, title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle
, work=The Guardian
To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to.
As verbs the difference between lude and elude
is that lude is while elude is .lude
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l), (l) * (l) (Scotland)Noun
(luden)- Þa hunten wenden æfter mid muchelen heora lude .'' — ''Layamon's Brut
- Þa luden heo iherden of þan Rom-leoden.'' — ''Layamon's Brut
Etymology 2
From QuaaludeEtymology 3
From PreludeAnagrams
* ----elude
English
Verb
(elud)- Thus the observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours to elude or avoid it.
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