Sandal vs. Slipper

Sandal vs. Slipper — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Sandal and Slipper

Sandalnoun

A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot

Slippernoun

A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.

Sandalnoun

sandalwood

Slippernoun

Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper.

Get out of bed, put on your slippers, and come downstairs.

Sandalnoun

A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast.

Slippernoun

A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).

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Sandalnoun

a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot

Slippernoun

A person who slips.

Slippernoun

A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

Slippernoun

A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

Slippernoun

(engineering) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.

Slippernoun

A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".

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Slippernoun

(euphemism) The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.

Slipperadjective

(obsolete) slippery

O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope / Of mortal men. — Spenser.

Slipperverb

To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.

Slippernoun

low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors

Slippernoun

a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction