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Lite vs Lute - What's the difference?

lite | lute |

As nouns the difference between lite and lute

is that lite is a little, bit while lute is a fretted stringed instrument, similar to a guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox.

As verbs the difference between lite and lute

is that lite is to expect; wait while lute is to play on a lute, or as if on a lute.

As an adjective lite

is light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially..

lite

English

(wikipedia lite)

Etymology 1

Variation of

Adjective

(-)
  • Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.:
    • His lite''' dinner consisted of crackers, some broccoli and a salad with ' lite ranch dressing.
  • Lightweight
    • ''My favorite color is lite blue!
  • (usually, used postpositively) Lacking substance or seriousness.
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    • Derived terms
    * marriage lite

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) lit,

    Noun

    (-)
  • (British, dialect) A little, bit.

    • Adjective

    (er)
  • (British, dialect) few; little

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (lit)
  • (British, dialect) To expect; wait.
  • (British, dialect) To rely.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, dialect) The act of waiting; a wait.

    • Anagrams

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    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

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