The difference between Lean and Tilt
When used as nouns, lean means an inclination away from the vertical, whereas tilt means a slope or inclination.
When used as verbs, lean means to incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position, whereas tilt means to slope or incline (something).
Lean is also adjective with the meaning: slim.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lean and Tilt
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Lean as a verb:
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
Examples:
"a leaning column"
"She leaned out of the window."
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Lean as a verb:
To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc.
Examples:
"I'm leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election."
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Lean as a verb:
To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on, upon, or against.
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Lean as a verb:
To hang outwards.
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Lean as a verb:
To press against.
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Lean as a noun (of an object taller than its width and depth):
An inclination away from the vertical.
Examples:
"The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy."
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Lean as an adjective (of a person or animal):
Slim; not fleshy.
Examples:
"synonyms: lithe svelte willowy Thesaurus:slender"
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Lean as an adjective (of meat):
Having little fat.
Examples:
"'lean steak cuts"
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Lean as an adjective:
Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
Examples:
"synonyms: insufficient scarce sparse Thesaurus:inadequate"
"a lean budget"
"a lean harvest"
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Lean as an adjective:
Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
Examples:
"synonyms: deficient dilute poor"
"ant rich"
"A lean ore hardly worth mining."
"Running on too lean a fuel-air mixture will cause, among other problems, your internal combustion engine to heat up too much."
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Lean as an adjective (printing, archaic):
Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to .
Examples:
"'lean copy, matter, or type"
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Lean as an adjective (business):
Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"
Examples:
"'lean management"
"'lean manufacturing"
"Alcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities."
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Lean as a noun:
Meat with no fat on it.
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Lean as a verb:
To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
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Lean as a verb:
To conceal.
Examples:
"rfquotek Ray"
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Lean as a noun (slang, US):
A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.
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Tilt as a verb (transitive):
To slope or incline (something); to slant.
Examples:
"Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents."
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Tilt as a verb (jousting):
To charge (at someone) with a lance.
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Tilt as a verb (intransitive):
To be at an angle.
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Tilt as a verb (transitive):
To point or thrust a weapon at.
Examples:
"rfquotek Beaumont and Fletcher"
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Tilt as a verb (transitive):
To point or thrust (a weapon).
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Tilt as a verb:
To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
Examples:
"to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile"
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Tilt as a verb (poker, video games):
To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck).
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Tilt as a noun:
A slope or inclination.
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Tilt as a noun (countable):
A jousting contest.
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Tilt as a noun:
A thrust, as with a lance.
Examples:
"rfquotek Addison"
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Tilt as a noun (photography):
The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this
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Tilt as a noun:
An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
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Tilt as a noun:
A tilt hammer.
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Tilt as a noun:
The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
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Tilt as a noun:
A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.
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Tilt as a noun:
Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
Examples:
"rfquotek Denham"
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Tilt as a verb (transitive):
To cover with a tilt, or awning.