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Stoped vs Sloped - What's the difference?

stoped | sloped |

As verbs the difference between stoped and sloped

is that stoped is past tense of stope while sloped is past tense of slope.

As an adjective sloped is

that has or have a slope.

stoped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (stope)

    • stope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, page 318,
    • The other smell that worked its way into your clothes, your skin, your spirit, believed here to rise by way of long-deserted drifts and stopes , from the everyday atmosphere of Hell itself.

    Derived terms

    * stope assay plan * stope board * stope fillings * stope hoist * stope pillar

    Verb

  • (mining) To excavate in the form of stopes.
  • (mining) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

    • Anagrams

    * * * * * * *

    sloped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (slope)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That has or have a slope.

    • Synonyms

    * slanted * sloping