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Slur vs Oblite - What's the difference?

slur | oblite |

In obsolete terms the difference between slur and oblite

is that slur is a trick or deception while oblite is indistinct; slurred over.

As a noun slur

is an insult or slight.

As a verb slur

is to insult or slight.

As an adjective oblite is

indistinct; slurred over.

slur

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An insult or slight.
  • (music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
  • (music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
  • (obsolete) A trick or deception.
  • In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
  • Verb

    (slurr)
  • To insult or slight.
  • (Tennyson)
  • To run together; to articulate poorly.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
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  • (label) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
  • (Busby)
  • To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
  • (Cudworth)
  • To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes.
  • To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
  • * 1662 , , (Hudibras)
  • to slur men of what they fought for
  • To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
  • Derived terms

    * slur over

    Anagrams

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    oblite

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) indistinct; slurred over
  • * Fuller
  • Obscure and oblite mention.
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