Shoes vs. Slipper — What's the Difference?

A durable covering for the human foot, made of leather or similar material with a rigid sole and heel, usually extending no higher than the ankle.

Slippers are light footwear that are easy to put on and off and are intended to be worn indoors, particularly at home. They provide comfort and protection for the feet when walking indoors.

A horseshoe.

A comfortable slip-on shoe that is worn indoors.

A strip of metal fitted onto the bottom of a sled runner.

Beat (someone) with a slipper

The base for the supports of the superstructure of a bridge.

A low shoe that can be slipped on and off easily and is usually worn indoors.

The ferrule on the end of a cane.

A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.

The casing of a pneumatic tire.

Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper.

A device that retards or stops the motion of an object, as the part of a brake that presses against the wheel or drum.

A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).

The sliding contact plate on an electric train or streetcar that conducts electricity from the third rail.

A person who slips.

A chute, as for conveying grain from a hopper.

A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

(Games) A case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time.

A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

Position; status

(engineering) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.

Plight

A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".

To furnish or fit with a shoe or shoes.

(euphemism) The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.

To cover with a wooden or metal guard to protect against wear.

(medicine) A kind of bedpan urinal shaped like a shoe.

Plural of shoe

(obsolete) slippery

A particular situation;

To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.

One who, or that which, slips.

A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.

A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; - also called shoe, and gib.

Slippery.

Low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors

A person who slips or slides because of loss of traction