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Tilt vs Straddle - What's the difference?

tilt | straddle |

In lang=en terms the difference between tilt and straddle

is that tilt is to cover with a tilt, or awning while straddle is to stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

In poker|lang=en terms the difference between tilt and straddle

is that tilt is (poker) to play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck) while straddle is (poker) a voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.

As verbs the difference between tilt and straddle

is that tilt is to slope or incline (something); to slant or tilt can be to cover with a tilt, or awning while straddle is to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something.

As nouns the difference between tilt and straddle

is that tilt is a slope or inclination (uncountable) or tilt can be a canvas covering for carts, boats, etc while straddle is a posture in which one straddles something.

tilt

English

(wikipedia tilt)

Etymology 1

Old English tyltan'' "to be unsteady"; Middle English ''tilte . Cognate with Icelandic . The nominal sense of "a joust" appears around 1510, presumably derived from the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with . The modern transitive meaning is from 1590, the intransitive use appears 1620.

Verb

(en verb)
  • To slope or incline (something); to slant
  • Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.
  • (jousting ) To charge (at someone) with a lance
  • * William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act III, scene I
  • He tilts / With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.
  • * Tennyson
  • But in this tournament can no man tilt .
  • To be at an angle
  • * Grew
  • The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back.
  • *{{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=May 20 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=“Marge Gets A Job” opens with the foundation of the Simpson house tilting perilously to one side, making the family homestead look like the suburban equivalent of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa. }}
  • To point or thrust a weapon at.
  • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • * 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act V, Scene V, verses 52-54
  • I say I quarrell’d with you;
    We did not tilt each other, — that’s a blessing, —
    Good gods! no innocent blood upon my head!
  • To point or thrust (a weapon).
  • * J. Philips
  • Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.
  • To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
  • to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile
  • (poker) To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck).
  • (photography) To move a camera vertically in a controlled way.
  • Synonyms
    * slope * incline * slant
    Coordinate terms
    * (photography) pan, cant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a slope or inclination (uncountable)
  • a jousting contest (countable)
  • A thrust, as with a lance.
  • (Addison)
  • (photography) the controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this
  • an attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office .
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=City will now make the Premier League an even bigger priority, while regrouping and planning again for what they hope will be another tilt at the Champions League next season.}}
  • tilt hammer
  • The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) telt, from (etyl) ). More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.
  • Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
  • (Denham)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with a tilt, or awning.
  • Derived terms

    * at full tilt * atilt * on tilt

    References

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    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.