Difference between Lame and Square

What is the difference between Lame and Square?

Lame as an adjective is unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs while Square as an adjective is shaped like a square (the polygon).

Lame

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. unconvincing or unbelievable failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause a person or animal to become lame

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a lamina a set of joined, overlapping metal plates

Example sentence: My first on-screen kiss was lame: Nickelodeon. But my first real-life kiss was super cute and nice, but still very awkward. It was with this hot skateboarder with dreadlocks. He was my little Rasta man.

Square

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A polygon with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 degrees; a regular quadrilateral whose angles are all 90 degrees.An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.An open space in a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.Anything, such as tiles or cut pieces of material, primarily defined by being square in shape.The second power of a number, value, term or expression.A socially conventional person; typically associated with the 1950sThe symbol # on a telephone; hash.The central area of a cricket field, containing several pitches laid out next to one another - only one being used at a time.A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, ie. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.A mortarboardA square meal.A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else.To resolve.Of a value, term or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same [[area] as.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Shaped like a square (the polygon).At right angles to.Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.Honest; straightforward.Fair.Socially conventional; boring.in line with the batsman's popping crease.Correctly aligned with respect to something else

Example sentence: A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

We hope you now know whether to use Lame or Square in your sentence.

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