Noose vs Noosed - What's the difference?

noose | noosed |


As verbs the difference between noose and noosed

is that noose is to tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare while noosed is (noose).

As a noun noose

is an adjustable loop of rope, eg the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

As an adjective noosed is

(of rope) having a noose.

noose

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An adjustable loop of rope, e.g. the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

    • Derived terms

    * hangman's noose

    Verb

    (noos)
  • To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

    • Anagrams

    *

    noosed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (noose)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (of rope) having a noose
  • *{{quote-book, year=1898, author=Edward Morris, title=A Dictionary of Austral English, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Plate p. 286--A Poto Roo or Kangaroo-Rat. Plate p. 288--Hepoona Roo. Rope , v. tr. to catch a horse or bullock with a noosed rope. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1903, author=Herbert Hayens, title=At the Point of the Sword, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=In one hand he carried a lantern, in the other a noosed rope, and he felt his way carefully. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1906, author=Van Tassel Sutphen, title=The Doomsman, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Having strung a length of noosed cord to a light pole, Constans threw himself flat along the string-piece of the pier and began angling for the prize. }}