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Tithe vs Lithe - What's the difference?

tithe | lithe |

In lang=en terms the difference between tithe and lithe

is that tithe is (transitive) to levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth while lithe is to listen to.

As nouns the difference between tithe and lithe

is that tithe is (archaic) a tenth while lithe is (scotland) shelter.

As adjectives the difference between tithe and lithe

is that tithe is (archaic) tenth while lithe is (obsolete) mild; calm.

As verbs the difference between tithe and lithe

is that tithe is (transitive) to collect a tithe while lithe is (obsolete) to go or lithe can be (obsolete) to become calm or lithe can be (obsolete) to give ear; attend; listen.

tithe

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia tithe)
  • (archaic) A tenth.
  • The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges. Concept originates in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
  • A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship.
  • A small part or proportion.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Derived terms

    * titheless

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic) Tenth.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand.

    Verb

    (tith)
  • (transitive) To collect a tithe.
  • To pay a tithe.
  • (transitive) To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth.
  • * Bible, Luke xi. 42
    • Ye tithe mint and rue.
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    lithe

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lithen, from (etyl) . See also (l), (l).

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To go.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) lithe, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (obsolete) Mild; calm.
    • ''lithe weather
  • slim but not skinny
    • lithe body
  • *
    • She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe , polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
  • Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber
    • the elephant’s lithe proboscis.
  • * 1861 , , page 125
    • … she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace …
    Synonyms
    * lithesome, lissome,

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) lithen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) To become calm.
  • (obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.

    • Etymology 4

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

    Verb

    (lith)
  • (obsolete) To give ear; attend; listen.
  • To listen to.

    • Etymology 5

    Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of (lewth).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) Shelter.
  • * 1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song :
    • So Cospatric got him the Pict folk to build a strong castle there in the lithe of the hills, with the Grampians dark and bleak behind it, and he had the Den drained and he married a Pict lady and got on her bairns and he lived there till he died.

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