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Setout vs Lofty - What's the difference?

setout | lofty |

As a noun setout

is an outset.

As a proper noun lofty is

(informal) nickname for a tall (usually male) person.

setout

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an outset
  • (colloquial, dated) a display or spread
  • *1854 , Dickens, Hard Times , Chapter 8:
  • *:‘You don’t hate Sissy, Tom?’
  • *:‘I hate to be obliged to call her Jupe. And she hates me,’ said Tom, moodily.
  • *:‘No, she does not, Tom, I am sure!’
  • *:‘She must,’ said Tom. ‘She must just hate and detest the whole set-out of us.

    • See also

    * set out

    Anagrams

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    lofty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • high, tall, having great height or stature
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1862 , author=George Borrow , title=Wild Wales , chapter=98 citation , passage=On my left was a river, which came roaring down from a range of lofty mountains right before me to the south-east.}}
    a lofty bed
  • idealistic, implying over-optimism
    • a lofty goal
  • * 2013 , Delme Parfitt in Wales Online'', ''Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win (3 November 2013)
    • A goal from Steven Caulker, just after the hour mark, was enough to hand victory to Malky Mackay's men, with Swansea falling some way short of the lofty standards they have set previously at this level.
  • extremely proud; arrogant; haughty
  • * F. Harrison
    • that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers

    Related terms

    * loft * aloft