The difference between Lasso and Rope
When used as nouns, lasso means a long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses, whereas rope means thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
When used as verbs, lasso means to catch with a lasso, whereas rope means to tie (something) with something.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lasso and Rope
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Lasso as a noun:
A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.
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Lasso as a noun (computing):
An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.
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Lasso as a verb (transitive):
To catch with a lasso.
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Rope as a noun (uncountable):
Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
Examples:
"Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers."
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Rope as a noun (countable):
An individual length of such material.
Examples:
"The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes."
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Rope as a noun:
A cohesive strand of something.
Examples:
"The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée."
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Rope as a noun (dated):
A continuous stream.
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Rope as a noun (baseball):
A hard line drive.
Examples:
"He hit a rope past third and into the corner."
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Rope as a noun (ceramics):
A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
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Rope as a noun (computer science):
A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
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Rope as a noun (Jainism):
A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
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Rope as a noun (jewelry):
A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.
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Rope as a noun (nautical):
Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
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Rope as a noun (archaic):
A unit of length equal to 20 feet.
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Rope as a noun (slang):
Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.
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Rope as a noun (slang, vulgar):
A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.
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Rope as a noun (in the plural):
The small intestines.
Examples:
"the ropes of birds"
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Rope as a verb (transitive):
To tie (something) with something.
Examples:
"The robber roped the victims."
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Rope as a verb (transitive):
To throw a rope around (something).
Examples:
"The cowboy roped the calf."
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Rope as a verb (intransitive):
To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
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Rope as a verb (slang):
To commit suicide.
Examples:
"My life is a mess, I might as well rope."
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