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Elide vs. Elude — What's the Difference?

Elide vs. Elude — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Elide and Elude

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Elide

(linguistics) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.

Elude

Escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skilful or cunning way
He tried to elude the security men by sneaking through a back door

Elide

To omit or slur over (a syllable, for example) in pronunciation.

Elude

(of an achievement or something desired) fail to be attained by (someone)
Sleep still eluded her

Elide

To strike out (something written).
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Elude

To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill
The suspect eluded the police.

Elide

To eliminate or leave out of consideration.

Elude

To escape the memory or understanding of
A name that eludes me.
A point that eluded the audience.

Elide

To cut short; abridge.

Elude

To be unattained by
Another championship eluded her.

Elide

To leave out or omit (something).

Elude

(transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.

Elide

To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.

Elude

(transitive) To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.

Elide

To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.

Elude

(transitive) To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.
I get algebra, but calculus eludes me.

Elide

To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.

Elude

(transitive) To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.
The solution of that brainteaser eludes me and the name of the author eludes my memory too.

Elide

Leave or strike out;
This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant

Elude

To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.
Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain.
The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition.

Elude

Escape, either physically or mentally;
The thief eluded the police
This difficult idea seems to evade her
The event evades explanation

Elude

Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by;
What you are seeing in him eludes me

Elude

Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);
He dodged the issue
She skirted the problem
They tend to evade their responsibilities
He evaded the questions skillfully

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