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lute | lieutenant |

As nouns the difference between lute and lieutenant

is that lute is a fretted stringed instrument, similar to a guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox while lieutenant is the lowest commissioned officer rank or ranks in many military forces.

As a verb lute

is to play on a lute, or as if on a lute.

As an adjective lieutenant is

a military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander.

lute

English

(wikipedia lute)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lut (modern (luth)), from (etyl) (probably representing an (etyl) or North African pronunciation).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fretted stringed instrument, similar to a guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox.
    • Related terms
    * archlute * lutanist, lutenist * lutherie * luthier * lutist

    See also

    * barbiton, barbitos * guembri * guqin * mandola * mandolin * oud * pipa * rebab * samisen, shamisen * theorbo

    Verb

    (lut)
  • To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.
  • * Tennyson
    • Knaves are men / That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.
    (Piers Plowman)
    (Keats)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) lut, ultimately from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
  • A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
  • (brickmaking) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mould.

    • Verb

    (lut)
  • To fix or fasten something with lute.
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘A Friend's Friend’, Plain Tales from the Hills , Folio Society 2005, page 179:
    • To protect everything till it dried, a man luted a big blue paper cap from a cracker, with meringue-cream, low down on Jevon's forehead.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    lieutenant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (all obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) The lowest commissioned officer rank or ranks in many military forces.
  • # (military, US) In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, second lieutenant is the rank below first lieutenant, which is below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as Lieutenant or as the complete forms of the ranks.
  • # (military, US, navy) A naval officer whose rank is above that of ensign in the United States Navy and below that of a lieutenant commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant.
  • # (military, US) A commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration whose rank is above that of ensign and below lieutenant commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant.
  • # (military, British) A naval officer in the Royal Navy who holds the rank above sub-lieutenant and below lieutenant commander.
  • # (military, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A naval officer who holds the rank above sub-lieutenant and below lieutenant commander.
  • A person who executes the plans and directives of another.

    • Synonyms

    * (military) , lieut , Lieut (abbreviation)

    Usage notes

    When used as a title, it is always capitalized. * Example: Lieutenant Anne Ward. The rank of lieutenant corresponds to pay grade O-3 in the US Navy, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, and National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration.

    Derived terms

    * first lieutenant * second lieutenant * third lieutenant * fourth lieutenant * fifth lieutenant * junior lieutenant * senior lieutenant * lieutenant commander * lieutenant captain * lieutenant colonel * lieutenant general * lieutenant admiral * lieutenant marshal * lieutenant senior grade * lieutenant junior grade * bevret lieutenant * captain lieutenant * desk lieutenant * flag lieutenant * shift lieutenant * staff lieutenant * sublieutenant

    See also

    * subaltern

    Adjective

    (-)
  • A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel'', ''lieutenant general'', ''lieutenant commander .