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Shirk vs Sidestep - What's the difference?

shirk | sidestep |

In lang=en terms the difference between shirk and sidestep

is that shirk is to evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away while sidestep is to avoid or dodge.

As verbs the difference between shirk and sidestep

is that shirk is to avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc; to stay away from while sidestep is to step to the side.

As nouns the difference between shirk and sidestep

is that shirk is one who shirks or shirk can be (islam) the unforgivable sin of idolatry while sidestep is a step to the side.

shirk

English

Etymology 1

First attested use in 1625 – 1635, apparently from association with shark (verb form), or from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
  • * Hare
    • the usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties
  • To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
    • If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.
  • * Byron
    • One of the cities shirked from the league.
  • To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
  • * Bishop Rainbow
    • You that never heard the call of any vocation, that shirk living from others, but time from yourselves.
    Synonyms
    * blow off (US) * goldbrick (dated)
    See also
    * malinger

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one who shirks

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) (širk , "idolatry").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Islam) the unforgivable sin of idolatry

    • References

    English heteronyms

    sidestep

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A step to the side.
  • A motion, physical or metaphorical, to avoid or dodge something.

    • Verb

    (sidestepp)
  • To step to the side.
  • *1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 180:
  • *:I He sidestepped , and I went in.
  • To avoid or dodge.
  • :They sidestepped the issue.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Clive Lindsay , title=Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Kilmarnock ought to have taken the lead on the stroke of half-time when Hefferman set up Kroca and, although the defender neatly sidestepped his marker, he fired straight into the chest of Enckelman.}}