different between nimble vs apt

English

Etymology

From Middle English nymyl, nemel, nemyll, nymell (“agile, quick, ready, able, capable”), merger of Old English n?mel (“receptive, quick to grasp”) and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding”), both from niman (“to take”) + -el, -ol (associative suffix), corresponding to nim +? -le. Compare German nehmen, Gothic ???????????????????? (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take”). More at nim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?mbl?/
• Rhymes: -?mb?l

Adjective

nimble (comparative nimbler, superlative nimblest)

1. Adept at taking or grasping

   nimble fingers

2. Quick and light in movement or action.

3. Quick-witted and alert.

Antonyms

• (quick and light in movement or action): sluggish

Derived terms

• nimbly

Translations

Anagrams

• milneb

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /æpt/
• Rhymes: -æpt

Etymology 1

From Old French apte, from Latin aptus, from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”); compare with Greek ?????? (?ptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit ???? (?pta, “fit”), from ??? (?p, “to reach, attain”).

Adjective

apt (comparative apter or more apt, superlative aptest or most apt)

1. Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.

   Synonyms: appropriate, meet, suitable; see also Thesaurus:pertinent, Thesaurus:suitable

   • a river […] apt to be forded by a lamb
2. (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.

   Synonyms: disposed, inclined, liable, predisposed, tending towards; see also Thesaurus:inclined

   • 1874, John Lubbock, Scientific Lectures / On Plants and Insects

     This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.

   • 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books

     that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers

3. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.

   Synonyms: fit, prompt, expert, qualified, ready; see also Thesaurus:skilled

Derived terms

• aptly
• aptness

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of apartment.

Noun

apt (plural apts)

1. An apartment; a flat.
   • 2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes

     Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise.
     Which at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.

Anagrams

• ATP, PAT, PTA, Pat, TAP, TPA, pat, tap

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• apa, apet

Verb

apt

1. past participle of ape

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin aptus, likely through English apt.

Adjective

apt (indefinite singular apt, definite singular and plural apte, comparative aptare, indefinite superlative aptast, definite superlative aptaste)

1. apt

Romanian

Etymology

From French apte, from Latin aptus.

Adjective

apt m or n (feminine singular apt?, masculine plural ap?i, feminine and neuter plural apte)

1. apt

Declension