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Scampered vs Gentle - What's the difference?

scampered | gentle |

As verbs the difference between scampered and gentle

is that scampered is (scamper) while gentle is to become gentle.

As adjectives the difference between scampered and gentle

is that scampered is obtained by scampering while gentle is tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.

As a noun gentle is

(archaic) a person of high birth.

scampered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (scamper)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Obtained by scampering
    • 2001 James Riordan - "The Young Oxford Book of Sports Stories"
  • ::"Constantine pushed him through mid-off for a quickly scampered single."
    • 2006 Roland Perry - "The Ashes: A Celebration"
  • ::"The second ball was pushed to mid-off for a scampered single."

    • gentle

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
  • Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.}}
  • Docile and easily managed.
    • a gentle horse
  • Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
  • Polite and respectful rather than rude.
  • (archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
  • * Johnson's Cyc.
    • British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle , or simple.
  • * Milton
    • the studies wherein our noble and gentle youth ought to bestow their time

    Synonyms

    * (polite) friendly, kind, polite, respectful

    Antonyms

    * (polite) rude

    Derived terms

    * gentle craft * gentleness * gentleman * gentlewoman * gently

    Verb

    (gentl)
  • to become gentle (rfex)
  • to ennoble (rfex)
  • (animal husbandry) to break; to tame; to domesticate (rfex)
  • To soothe; to calm. (rfex)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A person of high birth.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Gentles , methinks you frown.
  • (archaic) A maggot used as bait by anglers (rfex)
  • A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.