lede vs lead
lede
Definitions
noun
- the introductory section of a story
Examples
She visited her relatives in Castledermot on a yearly basis when her brother and sister were alive.
Some further elucidation should follow that lede but, basically, the lede communicates the essential nugget of information, true or not.
Knee-length lederhosen with no stitching cost $500, machine-stitched $785 and hand-stitched $1,320.
lead
Definitions
noun
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead')
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
verb
- be in charge of
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- produce as a result or residue
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- lead, extend, or afford access
Examples
He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.
The Pepper Street gang, of which Jackie was the acknowledged leader, was not a gang of drug-selling hoods.
Band leader, Ray Blue, is also a composer, arranger and performer on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones.
