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Sprint vs Hobble - What's the difference?

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Sprint is a related term of hobble.


As nouns the difference between sprint and hobble

is that sprint is while hobble is short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.

As a verb hobble is

to fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.

sprint

English

(wikipedia sprint)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short race at top speed
  • A burst of speed or activity
  • In (Agile software development), a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.
  • Verb

  • (ambitransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period
  • Anagrams

    * prints ----

    hobble

    English

    Noun

  • (en noun) (usually in plural )
  • Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
  • An unsteady, off-balance step.
  • Synonyms

    * tether (rope)

    Verb

  • To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
  • (Charles Dickens)
  • To walk lame, or unevenly.
  • * Dryden
  • The friar was hobbling the same way too.
  • (figurative) To move roughly or irregularly.
  • * Jeffreys
  • The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
  • To perplex; to embarrass.
  • Derived terms

    * hobble skirt * hobbly * unhobble