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Utterance vs Warp - What's the difference?

utterance | warp |

In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between utterance and warp

is that utterance is (obsolete) putting in circulation while warp is (obsolete) a throw; a cast.

As nouns the difference between utterance and warp

is that utterance is an act of uttering or utterance can be the utmost extremity (of a fight etc) while warp is (obsolete) a throw; a cast.

As a verb warp is

(transitive|obsolete|outside|dialects) to throw; cast; toss; hurl; fling.

utterance

English

Alternative forms

* utteraunce

Etymology 1

From

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of uttering.
  • * (John Milton)
  • at length gave utterance to these words
  • Something spoken.
  • * , chapter=13
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances . He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
  • To know how one should express oneself in saying or judging that there really are falsehoods without getting caught up in contradiction by such an utterance : that's extremely difficult, Theaetetus.
  • The ability to speak.
  • Manner of speaking.
  • * Bible, Acts ii. 4
  • Theybegan to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance .
  • * (John Keats)
  • O, how unlike / To that large utterance of the early gods!
  • (obsolete) Sale by offering to the public.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • (obsolete) Putting in circulation.
  • Quotations
    * Mathematics and Poetry are... the utterance of the same power of imagination, only that in the one case it is addressed to the head, in the other, to the heart. — Thomas Hill

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) oultrance.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The utmost extremity (of a fight etc.).
  • *:
  • *:And soo they mette soo hard / that syre Palomydes felle to the erthe hors and alle / Thenne sir Bleoberis cryed a lowde and said thus / make the redy thou fals traytour knyghte Breuse saunce pyte / for wete thow certaynly I wille haue adoo with the to the vtteraunce for the noble knyghtes and ladyes that thou hast falsly bitraid
  • References

    warp

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) warp, werp, from (etyl) wearp, . Cognate with (etyl) warp, (etyl) warp, (etyl) Warf, (etyl) varp, (etyl) varp.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A throw; a cast.
  • (dialectal) A cast of fish (herring, haddock, etc.); four, as a tale of counting fish.
  • (dialectal) The young of an animal when brought forth prematurely; a cast lamb, kid, calf, or foal.
  • The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
  • (uncountable) The state of being bent or twisted out of shape.
  • A cast or twist; a distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood.
  • (weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
  • (nautical) A line or cable used in warping a ship.
  • A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) werpen, weorpen, worpen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, obsolete, outside, dialects) To throw; cast; toss; hurl; fling.
  • (transitive, obsolete, outside, dialects) To utter; ejaculate; enunciate; give utterance to.
  • (dialectal) To bring forth (young) prematurely, said of cattle, sheep, horses, etc.
  • (dialectal) To cause a person to suddenly come into a particular state; throw.
  • (transitive, dialectal, of the wind or sea) To toss or throw around; carry along by natural force.
  • (ambitransitive, dialectal, of a door) To throw open; open wide.
  • To twist or turn something out of shape.
  • * Coleridge
  • The planks looked warped .
  • * Tennyson
  • Walter warped his mouth at this / To something so mock solemn, that I laughed.
  • * , chapter=16
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The preposterous altruism too!
  • To deflect something from a true or proper course.
  • * Dryden
  • This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind.
  • * Addison
  • I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy.
  • * Southey
  • We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men.
  • To become twisted out of shape.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like green timber, warp .
  • * Moxon
  • They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another, to keep it from casting, or warping .
  • To go astray or be deflected from a correct course
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • There is our commission, / From which we would not have you warp .
  • To affect something wrongly, unfairly or unfavourably; to bias
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 3, author=Nathan Rabin
  • , title= TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992) , passage=It gives a pair of drunken bums direction, purpose and thriving small businesses but it destroys their friendship and warps their morals in the process.}}
  • To arrange strands of thread etc so that they run lengthwise in weaving
  • (obsolete, rare, poetic) To weave, hence (figuratively) to fabricate; plot.
  • * Sternhold
  • while doth he mischief warp
    (Nares)
  • (nautical) To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; especially to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour
  • * 1883: (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
  • We had a dreary morning's work before us, for there was no sign of any wind, and the boats had to be got out and manned, and the ship warped three or four miles around the corner of the island.
  • (nautical) (for a ship) To be moved by warping.
  • To fly with a bending or waving motion, like a flock of birds or insects.
  • * (John Milton)
  • A pitchy cloud / Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind.
  • (agriculture) To let the tide or other water in upon (low-lying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance.
  • (ropemaking) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
  • To travel across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
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