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Lutz vs Klutz - What's the difference?

lutz | klutz |

As proper nouns the difference between lutz and klutz

is that lutz is , diminutive of ludwig while klutz is .

lutz

English

(Lutz jump)

Noun

(es)
  • (figure skating) A jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, rotates counterclockwise and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 27, author=Pat Borzi, title=In a Youth Movement, Nagasu Wins the Title, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Meissner fell three times, on two triple lutzes and a triple flip, to drop from fourth, the worst performance by a defending champion in at least 50 years.}}

    klutz

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia klutz) (es)
  • A clumsy or stupid person.
  • *"Mel, back home we'd call you a klutz ."
    Melissa: "Use a lot of Yiddish back in Texas, do you?"
  • *:— Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra.
  • *"Out of [one abortion doctor's] first six months of work, there are nine malpractice suits ... After it was apparent the guy was a klutz , they kept using him, and trying to cover for him, because they couldn't find another provider."
  • *:— Dr. Robert Crist, abortion doctor, St. Petersburg Times , June 3, 1990