Aunt vs Jaunt - What's the difference?
aunt | jaunt |
A sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent.
* 2007 , Nancy Eshelman, A Piece of My Mind: Columns from the Patriot-News , page 35:
(also'' great-aunt ''or grandaunt) A person's grandparent's sister or sister-in-law.
(usually auntie) A grandmother.
An affectionate term for a woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
1000 English basic words
(archaic) A wearisome journey.
* Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his aëry jaunt , though hurried sore. Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest. - Milton
A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.
To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
To ride on a jaunting car.
(obsolete) To jolt; to jounce.
As nouns the difference between aunt and jaunt
is that aunt is a sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent while jaunt is a wearisome journey.As a verb jaunt is
to ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.aunt
English
Noun
(en noun)- I mentioned another aunt , my late mother's sister, who's about the same age.
Antonyms
* (with regard to gender) uncle * (with regard to ancestry) niece, nephewHyponyms
* (qualifier, sister of someone's father) paternal aunt * (qualifier, sister of someone's mother) maternal auntDerived terms
* Auntie * auntie, aunty * agony aunt * big auntie * great-aunt * grandaunt * little auntie * mine aunt * nauntSee also
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* (l)References
jaunt
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- (Bale)