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What is the difference between slipper and shoe?

slipper | shoe |

Shoe is a hyponym of slipper.



In engineering terms the difference between slipper and shoe

is that slipper is a piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib while shoe is a plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; called also slipper and gib.

As nouns the difference between slipper and shoe

is that slipper is a low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily while shoe is a protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.

As verbs the difference between slipper and shoe

is that slipper is to repeatedly strike the buttocks with a plimsoll as corporal punishment while shoe is to put shoes on one's feet.

As an adjective slipper

is slippery.

slipper

English

(wikipedia slipper)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
  • Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper.
    • Get out of bed, put on your slippers , and come downstairs.
  • A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).
  • A person who slips.
  • * 1955 , , Sobriety and Beyond , Hazelden Publishing (1997), ISBN 978-1-56838-242-5, page 130:
    • He is a frequent “slipper ,” but doesn’t seem to have sufficient intelligence upon which to ever build permanent sobriety and happiness.
  • * 1995 , Russ McDonald, “Sex, Lies, and Shakespearean Drama”, in Jeanne Addison Roberts (editor), part one of Peggy O’Brien (editor), Shakespeare Set Free: Teaching ''Twelfth Night'' and Othello, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 978-0-671-76047-2, page 3:
    • Virtually all human action is liable to opposing interpretations, depending mainly upon distance: to take the familiar case of the banana peel, the fall is painful to the slipper , hilarious to the spectator across the street.
  • * 2001 , Barry M. Levenson, Habeas Codfish: Reflections on Food and the Law , University of Wisconsin Press, ISBN 978-0-299-17510-8, page 7:
    • Slipping on a banana peel does not mean big bucks for the “slipper ” if the “slippee” has a good law firm representing it.
  • A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
  • A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
  • (engineering) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.
  • A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".
  • * 1981 , Andrew Loudon, Staffroom mole leaks secret of his school's beatings book , Daily Mail and General Trust, World Corporal Punishment Research
    • "Mrs Marlene Foster , an opponent of the slipper, said her son Gary had a bottom "as red as a beetroot" after he was punished for writing on desks. "
  • The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.
  • * 2004 , James Morgan, Stretching Forward to Learn , World Corporal Punishment Research
    • "All teachers had what was referred to as a 'slipper', but in reality was a cut down gym shoe designed for smacking our bottoms."

    Synonyms

    * (low shoe) babouche, pantofle * (low shoe worn indoors) flip-flop, sandal, thong

    Derived terms

    * Japanese slipper * slipper animalcule * slipper chair * slipper flower * slipper limpet * slipperwort

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) slippery
    • O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope / Of mortal men. — Spenser.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (UK, Australia, NZ) To repeatedly strike the buttocks with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.
  • * 1981 , Andrew Loudon, Staffroom mole leaks secret of his school's beatings book , Daily Mail and General Trust, World Corporal Punishment Research
  • *:"One boy was slippered five times in four days for offences such as missing detention, fooling about and being out of bounds."

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "slipper")

    Anagrams

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    shoe

    English

    (wikipedia shoe)

    Noun

    (en-noun) (shoon is archaic or regional)
  • A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.
    • Get your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school.
  • A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
    • Throw the shoe from behind the line, and try to get it to land circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake.
  • A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.
  • Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe .
    • Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes , or they will wear out unevenly.
  • # A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
  • # A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.
  • # The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
  • # (architecture) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
  • # A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
  • # An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
  • # An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
  • # An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
  • # (engineering) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; called also slipper and gib.
  • # Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter case).

    • Usage notes

    The plural shoon is archaic and no longer in common use.

    Hyponyms

    * moccasin * pump * sandal * slipper * sneaker * stiletto * flip flop * See also

    Derived terms

    {{der3, if the shoe fits , the shoe is on the other foot , shoebeam, shoegear , shoe brush, shoebrush , shoegazing , shoehorn , shoemaker , shoe polish , shoeshine , stand in someone's shoes}}

    See also

    * boot * footwear * slipper

    Verb

  • To put shoes on one's feet.
  • * …men and women clothed and shod for the ascent…'' — , ''The Gospel Delivered in Arès , 26:6, 1995
  • To put horseshoes on a horse.
  • * 1874 — (Thomas Hardy), , chapter XXXII
    • "Old Jimmy Harris only shoed her last week, and I'd swear to his make among ten thousand."
  • To equip an object with a protection against wear.
    • The billiard cue stick was shod in silver.

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