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Saddle vs Stripe - What's the difference?

saddle | stripe |

As nouns the difference between saddle and stripe

is that saddle is a seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal while stripe is a long, straight region of a single colour.

As verbs the difference between saddle and stripe

is that saddle is to put a saddle on an animal while stripe is to mark with stripes.

saddle

English

(wikipedia saddle)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) sadol, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
  • An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal
  • A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle etc
  • A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone
  • A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
  • * 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 483:
  • With Lizzie leading, they scrambled quickly over several false peaks towards the saddle .
  • The raised floorboard in a doorway.
  • (construction) A small tapered/sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
  • (nautical) A block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
  • (engineering) A part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
  • The clitellus of an earthworm.
  • Derived terms
    (terms derived from saddle) * dressage saddle * English saddle * in the saddle * jumping saddle * park saddle * packsaddle * racing saddle * saddle beast * saddleback * saddlebag * sidesaddle * Western saddle

    Etymology 2

    Old English sadolian

    Verb

    (saddl)
  • To put a saddle on an animal.
  • To get into a saddle.
  • (idiomatic) To burden or encumber.
  • (idiomatic) To give a responsibility to someone.
  • He has been saddled with the task of collecting evidence to the theft.

    See also

    * sidle

    Anagrams

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    stripe

    English

    (wikipedia stripe)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, straight region of a single colour.
  • (in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
  • (informal) Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
  • persons of the same political stripe
  • A long narrow mark left by striking with a lash or rod; by extension, such a stroke.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy xxv. 3
  • Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
  • * Thomson
  • Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes .
  • * 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
  • Thou most lying slave, / Whom stripes may move, not kindness!
  • (weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
  • Derived terms

    * of the same stripe * show one's true stripes * true stripes

    Verb

    (strip)
  • To mark with stripes.
  • (computing) To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.
  • Anagrams

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