different between plagiarist vs lier

English

Etymology

From plagiary +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ple?d????st/

Noun

plagiarist (plural plagiarists)

1. One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief

   Synonym: plagiary

Translations

Further reading

• plagiarist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• plagiarist in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle English lier, equivalent to lie +? -er. Compare ligger, lidger, ledger.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?la?.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?la?.?/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)
• Homophones: liar, lyre

Noun

lier (plural liers)

1. A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
2. A lie-abed; one who stays in bed late.
3. Obsolete spelling of liar.
4. Misspelling of liar.

See also

• liar

Anagrams

• Iler, Irel., Reil, Riel, lire, riel, rile

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch liere, from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lir/, [li?r], [li??r]
• Hyphenation: lier
• Rhymes: -ir

Noun

lier f (plural lieren, diminutive liertje n)

1. (music) lyre
2. (music) hurdy-gurdy, wheel fiddle
3. winch

Derived terms

• draailier
• lierhert
• zijn lier aan de wilgen hangen

French

Etymology

From Old French lier, from Latin lig?re, present active infinitive of lig?, from Proto-Indo-European *ley?- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lje/

Verb

lier

1. to link
2. to associate
3. (cooking) to thicken

Conjugation

Derived terms

• avoir les mains liées
• fou à lier
• liaison
• se lier d'amitié

Related terms

Descendants

• ? German: liieren

Further reading

• “lier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• lire

Latin

Verb

l?er

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of l??

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Lider, lider (obsolete spellings)

Noun

lier f

1. indefinite plural of li

Anagrams

• iler, leir, leri, lire, reil

Old French

Alternative forms

• liier, lïer (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)

Etymology

From Latin lig?re, present active infinitive of lig?.

Verb

lier

1. to tie up; to connect with a tie

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• French: lier
  • ? German: liieren
• ? Middle English: lien
  • English: lye
• ?? Galician: lear
• ?? Portuguese: liar
• ?? Spanish: liar