Weep vs Slob - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between weep and slob is that weep is the lapwing; the wipe while slob is (informal|disapproving) a lazy and slovenly person. As a verb weep is to cry; shed tears.
weep English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) wepen, from (etyl) .
Verb
To cry; shed tears.
* Longfellow
- They wept together in silence.
To lament; to complain.
* Bible, Numbers xi. 13
- They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
(medicine, of a, wound or sore) To produce secretions.
To flow in drops; to run in drops.
- a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly
* Shakespeare
- The blood weeps from my heart.
To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
(obsolete) To weep over; to bewail.
* Prior
- Fair Venus wept the sad disaster / Of having lost her favorite dove.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* weep in one's beer
* weepy
* weeping willow
Etymology 2
Imitative of its cry.
Noun
( en noun)
The lapwing; the wipe.
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slob English
Noun
( en noun)
(informal, disapproving) A lazy and slovenly person.
(derogatory) A lazy, obese person.
Derived terms
* slobdom
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