August vs Shanghai - What's the difference?
august | shanghai |
Noble, venerable, majestic, awe-inspiring, often of the highest social class (sometimes used ironically).
Of noble birth.
To force or trick (someone) into joining a ship which is lacking a full crew.
* 1999 June 24, ‘The Resurrection of Tom Waits’, in Rolling Stone'', quoted in ''Innocent When You Dream , Orion (2006), page 256,
To abduct or coerce.
* 1974 September 30, ‘
To commandeer; appropriate; hijack
A slingshot.
*1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 206:
*:They scrounged around the camp […] and held out their filthy wings to the feeble sun, making themselves an easy target for Charles's shanghai .
As proper nouns the difference between august and shanghai
is that august is the eighth month of the gregorian calendar, following july and preceding september abbreviation: aug' or ' or august can be while shanghai is shanghai.august
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)- an august patron of the arts
- august lineage
Derived terms
* augustly * augustnessEtymology 2
From AugustAnagrams
* ----shanghai
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , with reference to the former practice of forcibly crewing ships heading for the Orient.Verb
(en verb)- It was the strangest galley: the sounds, the steam, he's screaming at his coworkers. I felt like I'd been shanghaied .
Final Report on the Activities of the Children of God',
- Oftentimes the approach is to shanghai an unsuspecting victim.
- Let's see if we can shanghai a room for a couple of hours.
Synonyms
* press-gangEtymology 2
From Scottish (m), from (etyl) (m), influenced by the Chinese city.Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, by Eric Partridge, 2006,p. 613