Mope vs Moped - What's the difference?
mope | moped |
To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout
To make spiritless and stupid.
A dull, spiritless person.
(pornography industry) A bottom feeder who "mopes" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay.
* 2011 : LA Weekly , documenting uses dating to the 1990s
(mope)
Melancholy, dejected.
* , I.iii.1.2:
A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.
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As verbs the difference between mope and moped
is that mope is to carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout while moped is past tense of mope.As nouns the difference between mope and moped
is that mope is a dull, spiritless person while moped is a lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.As an adjective moped is
melancholy, dejected.mope
English
Verb
(mop)Derived terms
* moper * moperyNoun
(en noun)- (Burton)
- The porn industry is many things. Subtle is not one of them. So when Porn Inc. went searching for a job title for people like Stephen Hill, the choice was "mope ." It's based on the off-camera life of these fringe actors, hangers-on who mope around the studios hoping for a bit role, which if they're lucky might bring them $50 plus food — and the chance to have sex with a real, live woman. [http://www.laweekly.com/2011-02-24/news/porn-machete-murder/]
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English
Etymology 1
From .Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- it so far troubles them, that they become quite moped many times, and so disheartened, dejected, they dare not come abroad […].