Lithe vs. Supple — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lithe and Supple
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Lithe
Lithe is an experimental programming language created in 1982 by David Sandberg at the University of Washington which allows the programmer to freely choose their own syntax. Lithe combines the ideas of syntax-directed translation and classes in a novel manner that results in a remarkably simple yet powerful language.
Supple
Supple is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Barry Supple (born 1930), English academic John Supple (c.
Lithe
Readily bent; supple
Lithe birch branches.
Supple
Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible
My mind is becoming more supple
Her supple fingers
Lithe
Marked by effortless grace
A lithe ballet dancer.
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Supple
Make more flexible.
Lithe
(obsolete) Mild; calm.
Lithe weather
Supple
Readily bent, folded, or manipulated; pliant
A wallet made of supple leather.
Lithe
Slim but not skinny.
Lithe body
Supple
Moving and bending with agility; limber
A supple gymnast.
Lithe
Capable of being easily bent; flexible.
The elephant’s lithe trunk.
Supple
Adaptable to changing circumstances
"The supple ambiguities of English are a large part of its genius" (Mark Abley).
Lithe
Adaptable.
Supple
To make or become supple.
Lithe
To become calm.
Supple
Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
Lithe
To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.
Supple
Lithe and agile when moving and bending.
Supple joints
Supple fingers
Lithe
To attend; listen, hearken.
Supple
(figuratively) Compliant; yielding to the will of others.
A supple horse
Lithe
(transitive) To listen to, hearken to.
Supple
(ambitransitive) To make or become supple.
Lithe
(Scotland) Shelter.
Supple
(transitive) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
Lithe
To listen or listen to; to hearken to.
Supple
Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
Lithe
To smooth; to soften; to palliate.
Supple
Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Lithe
Mild; calm; as, lithe weather.
Supple
Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
Lithe
Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.
Supple
To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep.
Lithe
Gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease
Supple
To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will.
They should supple our stiff willfulness.
Supple
To become soft and pliant.
The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell.
Supple
Make pliant and flexible;
These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use
Supple
Gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease
Supple
(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable;
A supple mind
A limber imagination
Supple
(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
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