different between flite vs flipe

English

Alternative forms

• flyte (Scotland)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English flit, flyt, ?eflit, from Old English fl?t, ?efl?t (“strife, contention”), from Proto-Germanic *fl?taz, *fl?tiz (“strife, zeal, effort, diligence”). Cognate with Scots flyte (“scolding, chiding, reproof”),Saterland Frisian Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), Dutch vlijt (“zeal, diligence”), German Low German Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), German Fleiß (“zeal, diligence”), Danish flid (“zeal, diligence”), Swedish flit (“zeal, diligence”).

Noun

flite (plural flites)

1. (dialectal) a quarrel, dispute, wrangling.
2. (dialectal) a scolding.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fliten (“to argue, quarrel”), from Old English fl?tan (“to strive, contend”), from Proto-West Germanic *fl?tan (“to strive, contend”). Akin to German befleissen (“to apply oneself diligently, endeavor”), Swedish beflita (“to apply to, study”), Norwegian Bokmål beflitte (“to endeavour, strive”), Dutch vlijt (“diligence, assiduity”), German Fleiß (“diligence, assiduity”), Swedish flit (“diligence”), Norwegian Bokmål and Danish flid (“diligence”).

Verb

flite (third-person singular simple present flites, present participle fliting, simple past flited or flote, past participle flited or flitten)

1. (dialectal) to dispute, quarrel, wrangle, brawl.
2. (dialectal) to scold, jeer.
3. (obsolete) to make or utter complaint.

Related terms

• flyting

Anagrams

• filet

English

Noun

flipe (plural flipes)

1. Alternative form of flype (a fold or flap)

Verb

flipe (third-person singular simple present flipes, present participle fliping, simple past and past participle fliped)

1. Alternative form of flype

Spanish

Verb

flipe

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of flipar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of flipar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of flipar.