Anticipate vs Antic - What's the difference?
anticipate | antic |
To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
to take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
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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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As a verb anticipate
is to act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.As an adjective antic is
ancient.anticipate
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Verb
(anticipat)- To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose. --R. Hall.
- He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. -- .
- The advocate plans to anticipate a part of her argument.
- to anticipate the pleasures of a visit
- to anticipate the evils of life
- Please anticipate a journey of an hour from your house to the airport
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- Little Johnny started to anticipate the arrival of Santa Claus a week before Christmas.
Usage notes
The words anticipate'' and ''expect'' both regard some future event as likely to take place. Nowadays they are often used interchangeably although ''anticipate is associated with acting because of an expectation. (E.g. skilled sportsmen anticipate the action and position themselves accordingly.)Synonyms
* (to act before someone) preclude * (to take up or introduce something prematurely) * (to know of something before it manifests) expect, foretaste, foresee * (to eagerly await something) look forward toantic
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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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