The difference between Cordage and Lift

When used as nouns, cordage means a set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging, whereas lift means air.

Lift is also verb with the meaning: to raise or rise.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cordage and Lift

  1. Cordage as a noun (nautical):

    A set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging.

  2. Cordage as a noun (obsolete):

    An amount of wood measured in cords.

  1. Lift as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland):

    Air.

  2. Lift as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland):

    The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.

  1. Lift as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To raise or rise.

    Examples:

    "The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear."

    "You never lift a finger to help me!"

  2. Lift as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To steal. (for this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic "thief", cognate with and Greek )

  3. Lift as a verb (transitive):

    To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).

  4. Lift as a verb (transitive):

    To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)

  5. Lift as a verb (transitive):

    to cause to move upwards.

  6. Lift as a verb (informal, intransitive):

    To lift weights; to weight-lift.

    Examples:

    "She lifts twice a week at the gym."

  7. Lift as a verb:

    To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

  8. Lift as a verb:

    To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.

  9. Lift as a verb (obsolete):

    To bear; to support.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Edmund Spenser"

  10. Lift as a verb:

    To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

  11. Lift as a verb (computing, programming):

    To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.

  12. Lift as a verb (finance):

    To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.

  1. Lift as a noun:

    An act of lifting or raising.

  2. Lift as a noun:

    The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.

    Examples:

    "He gave me a lift to the bus station."

  3. Lift as a noun (British, Australia, New Zealand):

    Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.

    Examples:

    "Take the lift to the fourth floor."

  4. Lift as a noun:

    An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.

  5. Lift as a noun (measurement):

    the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.

  6. Lift as a noun (historical, _, slang):

    A thief.

  7. Lift as a noun (dance):

    The lifting of a dance partner into the air.

  8. Lift as a noun:

    Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.

  9. Lift as a noun:

    An improvement in mood.

  10. Lift as a noun:

    The space or distance through which anything is lifted.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

  11. Lift as a noun:

    A rise; a degree of elevation.

    Examples:

    "the lift of a lock in canals"

  12. Lift as a noun:

    A lift gate.

  13. Lift as a noun (nautical):

    A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

  14. Lift as a noun (engineering):

    One of the steps of a cone pulley.

  15. Lift as a noun:

    (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.

  16. Lift as a noun:

    (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Saunier"

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