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Ski vs Sky - What's the difference?

ski | sky |

As nouns the difference between ski and sky

is that ski is one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow while sky is a cloud.

As verbs the difference between ski and sky

is that ski is to move on skis while sky is to hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.

ski

English

(wikipedia ski)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow.
  • One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over water pulled by a boat.

    • Derived terms

    * jet ski * skier * skiing * ski pole * ski resort * ski school * ski slope

    Verb

  • To move on skis.
  • To travel over (a slope etc.) on skis; travel on skis at (a place), especially as a sport.

    • Anagrams

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    sky

    English

    Alternative forms

    * skie (obsolete)

    Noun

    (skies)
  • (lb) A cloud.
  • The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.
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  • The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate etc.
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  • *:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
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  • *:She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky .
  • Heaven.
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    • Usage notes

    Usually the word can be used correctly in either the singular or plural form, but the plural is now mainly poetic.

    Synonyms

    * firmament * heaven *

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * skylark * the sky's the limit * reach for the sky

    Verb

  • (sports) to hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 22 , author=Ian Hughes , title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Van Persie skied a penalty, conceded by Gary Caldwell who was sent off, and also hit the post before scoring his third with a shot at the near post.}}
  • (colloquial, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot be well seen.
  • * The Century
    • Brother Academicians who skied his pictures.
  • (colloquial) to drink something from a container without one's lips touching the container

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