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Straddle vs Saddle - What's the difference?

straddle | saddle |

As verbs the difference between straddle and saddle

is that straddle is to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something while saddle is to put a saddle on an animal.

As nouns the difference between straddle and saddle

is that straddle is a posture in which one straddles something while saddle is a seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal.

straddle

English

Verb

  • To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something.
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , But guess my surprise, when I saw the lazy young rogue lie down on his back, and gently pull down Polly upon him, who giving way to his humour, straddled , and with her hands conducted her blind favourite to the right place}}
  • * 1853 , Nathaniel Hawthorne,
    • As they approached the entrance of the port, the giant straddled clear across it, with a foot firmly planted on each headland,
  • * 1978 , Jimmy Carter,
    • The mountain-ringed Yukon Flats basin straddles the Arctic Circle and is bisected by the Yukon River.
  • To form a disorderly sprawl.
  • (military) To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range.
  • (poker) To place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).
  • To stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

    • Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia straddle)
  • a posture in which one straddles something
  • (finance) an investment strategy involving trade in derivatives
  • (poker) A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.

    • saddle

    English

    (wikipedia saddle)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) sadol, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
  • An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal
  • A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle etc
  • A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone
  • A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
  • * 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 483:
    • With Lizzie leading, they scrambled quickly over several false peaks towards the saddle .
  • The raised floorboard in a doorway.
  • (construction) A small tapered/sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
  • (nautical) A block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
  • (engineering) A part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
  • The clitellus of an earthworm.
    • Derived terms
    (terms derived from saddle) * dressage saddle * English saddle * in the saddle * jumping saddle * park saddle * packsaddle * racing saddle * saddle beast * saddleback * saddlebag * sidesaddle * Western saddle

    Etymology 2

    Old English sadolian

    Verb

    (saddl)
  • To put a saddle on an animal.
  • To get into a saddle.
  • (idiomatic) To burden or encumber.
  • (idiomatic) To give a responsibility to someone.
    • He has been saddled with the task of collecting evidence to the theft.

    See also

    * sidle

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