Antic vs Vintage - What's the difference?
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(architecture, arts) Grotesque, incongruous.
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Grotesque, bizarre; absurd.
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(architecture, arts, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
A caricature.
(often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour.
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A grotesque performer or clown.
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A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping
To perform antics.
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(obsolete) To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous.
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(rare) To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.
* 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, page 70:
To make appear like a buffoon.
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The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
The year or place in which something is produced.
(attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
(attributively) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality, classic (such as video or computer games from the 1980s and early 1990s, or old magazines, etc.).
(attributively) Of a motor car, built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA) .
Of a watch, produced between the years 1870 and 1980.
To harvest (grapes).
To make (wine) from grapes.
In transitive terms the difference between antic and vintage
is that antic is to make appear like a buffoon while vintage is to make (wine) from grapes.As adjectives the difference between antic and vintage
is that antic is grotesque, incongruous while vintage is of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.As nouns the difference between antic and vintage
is that antic is a grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle while vintage is the yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.As verbs the difference between antic and vintage
is that antic is to perform antics while vintage is to harvest (grapes).antic
English
Alternative forms
* antickAdjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- And fraught with antics as the Indian bird / That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage.
- I saw the barren horror of your people's leisure with the million entertained by the antics of a tiny few
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- Pintsize: Wait, don’t you want to know why I’m tied up and hanging from the ceiling? / Faye: Not really. Nighty night! / Pintsize: Shit! My wacky antics have jumped the shark!
Verb
- Gentle lords, let's part; / You see we have burnt our cheeks: strong Enobarb / Is weaker than the wine; and mine own tongue / Splits what it speaks: the wild disguise hath almost / Antick'd us all.
- She unfastened her dress, her arms arched thin and high, her shadow anticking her movements.
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