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Slope vs Shope - What's the difference?

slope | shope |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between slope and shope

is that slope is (obsolete) slopingly while shope is (obsolete) (shape).

As verbs the difference between slope and shope

is that slope is (label) to tend steadily upward or downward while shope is (obsolete) (shape).

As a noun slope

is an area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

As an adjective slope

is (obsolete) sloping.

As an adverb slope

is (obsolete) slopingly.

slope

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
    • I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
  • The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
    • The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.
  • (mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.
    • The slope of this line is 0.5
  • (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
    • The slope of a parabola increases linearly with ''x''.
  • The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
    • The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.
  • (vulgar, highly offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

    • Synonyms

    * (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) bank, embankment, gradient, hill, incline * (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) gradient * (mathematics) first derivative, gradient * Chinaman, Chink

    Verb

    (slop)
  • (label) To tend steadily upward or downward.
  • * , chapter=23
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.}}
  • (label) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
  • To try to move surreptitiously.
  • (label) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.

    • Derived terms

    * ski slope * slippery slope * sloping

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Sloping.
  • * (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
    • A bank not steep, but gently slope .
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
    • Down the slope hills.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) slopingly
    • (Milton)

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    References

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    shope

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (shape)
  • * 1530 , , Genesis 2:7, in The Pentatauch , reprinted verbatim by Jacob Isidor Mombert. Anson D.F. Randolph & Company, 1884, Google Books, [http://books.google.com/books?id=ySMXAAAAYAAJ&pg],
    • Then the Lord God shope man, even of the mould of the earth and breathed into his face the breath of life.

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