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Ante vs Ance - What's the difference?

ante | ance |

As proper nouns the difference between ante and ance

is that ante is while ance is .

ante

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A price or cost, as in up the ante.
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  • (poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.

    • See also

    * penny ante * up the ante

    Verb

  • To pay the ante in poker. Often used ante up .
  • To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.

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    English

    Adverb

    (head)
  • (chiefly, Scotland)
  • * {{quote-book, year=a. 1805, author=Jane Elliot, title=English Poets of the Eighteenth Century, chapter=A Lament for Flodden, edition= citation
    • , passage=The English, for ance , by guile wan the day; The Flowers of the Forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of our land, lie cauld in the clay. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1818, author=Sir Walter Scott, title=The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="If I were ance at Lunnon," said Jeanie, in exculpation, "I am amaist sure I could get means to speak to the queen about my sister's life." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1873, author=Anthony Trollope, title=The Eustace Diamonds, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Pownies ain't to be had for nowt in Ayrshire, as was ance , my leddie." }}

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