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Arcade vs Promenade - What's the difference?

arcade | promenade |

As nouns the difference between arcade and promenade

is that arcade is a row of arches while promenade is a prom dance.

As a verb promenade is

to walk.

arcade

English

(wikipedia arcade)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) A row of arches.
  • (architecture) A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.
  • (gaming) An establishment that runs coin-operated games.
  • Derived terms

    () * arcaded * arcadian * arcading * arcade game * penny arcade

    promenade

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A prom (dance).
  • A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
  • A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise.
  • * 1900 , (Sigmund Freud), (The Interpretation of Dreams)'', '' , (translated by (James Strachey)) pg. 235:
  • The present dream in particular scarcely left any room for doubt, since the place where my patient fell was the Graben, a part of Vienna notorious as a promenade for prostitutes.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
  • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5 , passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}
  • A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
  • Synonyms

    * (a place to walk) esplanade

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To walk.
  • To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.
  • Derived terms

    * promenader (agent noun)