List vs. Listen — What's the Difference?
Difference Between List and Listen
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List
A series of names, words, or other items written, printed, or imagined one after the other
A shopping list.
A guest list.
A list of things to do.
Listen
Give one's attention to a sound
Evidently he was not listening
Sit and listen to the radio
List
A considerable number; a long series
Recited a list of dates memorized.
Listen
An act of listening to something
Radio plays are definitely worth a listen
List
A narrow strip, especially of wood.
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Listen
To make an effort to hear something
Listen to the radio.
Listen for the bell that ends class.
List
(Architecture) See listel.
Listen
To pay attention; heed
“She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit” (Maya Angelou).
List
A border or selvage of cloth.
Listen
An act of listening
Would you like to give the CD a listen before buying it?.
List
A stripe or band of color.
Listen
(intransitive) To pay attention to a sound or speech.
Please listen carefully as I explain.
I like to listen to music.
List
Often lists An arena for jousting tournaments or other contests.
Listen
(intransitive) To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal.
You should listen for the starting gun.
List
A place of combat.
Listen
(intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.
Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because I was upset, OK?
Good children listen to their parents.
List
An area of controversy.
Listen
To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to.
List
A ridge thrown up between two furrows by a lister in plowing.
Listen
An instance of listening.
Give the motor a listen and tell me if it sounds off.
List
(Obsolete) A boundary; a border.
Listen
To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.
When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension.
List
An inclination to one side, as of a ship; a tilt.
Listen
To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey.
Listen to me, and by me be ruled.
Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors.
List
A desire or inclination.
Listen
To attend to.
List
To make a list of; itemize
Listed his previous jobs.
Listen
Hear with intention;
Listen to the sound of this cello
List
To enter in a list; register
Listed each item received.
Listen
Listen and pay attention;
Listen to your father
We must hear the expert before we make a decision
List
To put (oneself) in a specific category
Lists herself as an artist.
Listen
Pay close attention to; give heed to;
Heed the advice of the old men
List
(Archaic) To recruit.
List
To have a stated list price
A radio that lists for ten dollars over the sale price.
List
(Archaic) To enlist in the armed forces.
List
To cover, line, or edge with list.
List
To cut a thin strip from the edge of.
List
To furrow or plant (land) with a lister.
List
To lean or cause to lean to the side
The damaged ship listed badly to starboard. Erosion first listed, then toppled the spruce tree.
List
To listen or listen to.
List
To be pleasing to; suit.
List
To be disposed; choose.
List
A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
List
Material used for cloth selvage.
List
A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
List
The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
List
The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle.
List
A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
List
(architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
List
(carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
List
(ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
List
(tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
List
(obsolete) A stripe.
List
(obsolete) A boundary or limit; a border.
List
(archaic) Art; craft; cunning; skill.
List
(obsolete) Desire, inclination.
List
(architecture) A tilt to a building.
List
(nautical) A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
List
(transitive) To create or recite a list.
List
(transitive) To place in listings.
List
(transitive) To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
List
(transitive) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
To list a door
List
To plough and plant with a lister.
List
To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
List
To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
To list a board
List
To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
List
To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
List
To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
List
To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.
List
To listen.
List
To listen to.
List
To be pleasing to.
List
To desire, like, or wish (to do something).
List
To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
The steady wind listed the ship
List
To tilt to one side.
The ship listed to port
List
A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat.
In measured lists to toss the weighty lance.
List
Inclination; desire.
List
An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.
List
A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet.
List
A limit or boundary; a border.
The very list, the very utmost bound,Of all our fortunes.
List
The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.
List
A stripe.
List
A roll or catalogue, that is, row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate.
He was the ablest emperor of all the list.
List
A little square molding; a fillet; - called also listel.
List
A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
List
A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.
List
The first thin coat of tin.
List
To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.
List
To hearken; to attend; to listen.
Stand close, and list to him.
List
To listen or hearken to.
Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain,If with too credent ear you list his songs.
List
To desire or choose; to please.
The wind bloweth where it listeth.
Them that add to the Word of God what them listeth.
Let other men think of your devices as they list.
List
To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.
List
To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border.
List
To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.
The tree that stood white-listed through the gloom.
List
To enroll; to place or register in a list.
Listed among the upper serving men.
List
To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.
I will list you for my soldier.
List
To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board.
List
To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
List
To plow and plant with a lister.
List
In cotton culture, to prepare, as land, for the crop by making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe.
List
A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
List
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;
The tower had a pronounced tilt
The ship developed a list to starboard
He walked with a heavy inclination to the right
List
Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of;
List the states west of the Mississippi
List
Include in a list;
Am I listed in your register?
List
Enumerate;
We must number the names of the great mathematicians
List
Cause to lean to the side;
Erosion listed the old tree
List
Tilt to one side;
The balloon heeled over
The wind made the vessel heel
The ship listed to starboard
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