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Maimed vs Hobbled - What's the difference?

maimed | hobbled | Related terms |

Maimed is a related term of hobbled.


As verbs the difference between maimed and hobbled

is that maimed is (maim) while hobbled is (hobble).

maimed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (maim)

  • maim

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
  • *
  • *:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed , comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
  • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * maimer

    Anagrams

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    hobbled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hobble)

  • hobble

    English

    Noun

  • (en noun) (usually in plural )
  • Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
  • An unsteady, off-balance step.
  • Synonyms

    * tether (rope)

    Verb

  • To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
  • (Charles Dickens)
  • To walk lame, or unevenly.
  • * Dryden
  • The friar was hobbling the same way too.
  • (figurative) To move roughly or irregularly.
  • * Jeffreys
  • The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
  • To perplex; to embarrass.
  • Derived terms

    * hobble skirt * hobbly * unhobble