Lasso vs. Rope

Lasso vs. Rope — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Lasso and Rope

Lassonoun

A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.

Ropenoun

(uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. t

Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.

Lassonoun

(computing) An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

Ropenoun

(countable) An individual length of such material.

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

Lassoverb

(transitive) To catch with a lasso.

Ropenoun

A cohesive strand of something.

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Lassonoun

Belgian composer (1532-1594)

Ropenoun

(dated) A continuous stream.

Lassonoun

a long noosed rope used to catch animals

Ropenoun

(baseball) A hard line drive.

He hit a rope past third and into the corner.

Lassoverb

catch with a lasso;

rope cows

Ropenoun

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

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Ropenoun

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

Ropenoun

(Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.s

Ropenoun

(jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.

Ropenoun

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

Ropenoun

(archaic) A unit of length equal to 20 feet.

Ropenoun

(slang) Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.

Ropenoun

A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.

Ropenoun

(in the plural) The small intestines.

the ropes of birds

Ropeverb

(transitive) To tie (something) with something.

The robber roped the victims.

Ropeverb

(transitive) To throw a rope around (something).

The cowboy roped the calf.

Ropeverb

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

Ropeverb

(slang) To commit suicide

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

Ropenoun

a strong line

Ropenoun

street names for flunitrazepan

Ropeverb

catch with a lasso;

rope cows

Ropeverb

fasten with a rope;

rope the bag securely