The difference between Rope and Secure

When used as verbs, rope means to tie (something) with something, whereas secure means to make safe.


Rope is also noun with the meaning: thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.

Secure is also adjective with the meaning: free from attack or danger.

check bellow for the other definitions of Rope and Secure

  1. 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."

  2. Rope as a noun (countable):

    An individual length of such material.

    Examples:

    "The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes."

  3. Rope as a noun:

    A cohesive strand of something.

    Examples:

    "The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée."

  4. Rope as a noun (dated):

    A continuous stream.

  5. Rope as a noun (baseball):

    A hard line drive.

    Examples:

    "He hit a rope past third and into the corner."

  6. Rope as a noun (ceramics):

    A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.

  7. Rope as a noun (computer science):

    A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.

  8. 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.

  9. Rope as a noun (jewelry):

    A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.

  10. Rope as a noun (nautical):

    Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.

  11. Rope as a noun (archaic):

    A unit of length equal to 20 feet.

  12. Rope as a noun (slang):

    Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.

  13. Rope as a noun (slang, vulgar):

    A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.

  14. Rope as a noun (in the plural):

    The small intestines.

    Examples:

    "the ropes of birds"

  1. Rope as a verb (transitive):

    To tie (something) with something.

    Examples:

    "The robber roped the victims."

  2. Rope as a verb (transitive):

    To throw a rope around (something).

    Examples:

    "The cowboy roped the calf."

  3. Rope as a verb (intransitive):

    To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.

  4. Rope as a verb (slang):

    To commit suicide.

    Examples:

    "My life is a mess, I might as well rope."

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  1. Secure as an adjective:

    Free from attack or danger; protected.

  2. Secure as an adjective:

    Free from the danger of theft; safe.

  3. Secure as an adjective:

    Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.

  4. Secure as an adjective:

    Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.

  5. Secure as an adjective:

    Firm and not likely to fail; stable.

  6. Secure as an adjective:

    Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.

  7. Secure as an adjective:

    Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.

    Examples:

    "secure of a welcome"

  8. Secure as an adjective:

    Overconfident; incautious; careless.

    Examples:

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  1. Secure as a verb:

    To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.

  2. Secure as a verb:

    To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.

    Examples:

    "to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage"

  3. Secure as a verb:

    To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.

    Examples:

    "to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship"

  4. Secure as a verb:

    To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.

    Examples:

    "to secure an estate"

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