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Banquet vs Carouse - What's the difference?

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Banquet is a related term of carouse.


As nouns the difference between banquet and carouse

is that banquet is a large celebratory meal; a feast while carouse is a large draught of liquor.

As verbs the difference between banquet and carouse

is that banquet is to participate in a banquet; to feast while carouse is to engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.

banquet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large celebratory meal; a feast.
  • (archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
  • * Massinger
    • We'll dine in the great room, but let the music / And banquet be prepared here.

    Verb

  • To participate in a banquet; to feast.
  • * Milton
    • Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets , I would not taste thy treasonous offer.
  • (obsolete) To have dessert after a feast.
  • * Cavendish
    • Where they did both sup and banquet .
  • To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
  • * Coleridge
    • Just in time to banquet / The illustrious company assembled there.
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    carouse

    English

    Verb

    (carous)
  • To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
    • We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.
  • To drink to excess.
    • If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian's.

    Derived terms

    * carousal * carousel * carrousel

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large draught of liquor.
  • * Sir J. Davies
    • a full carouse of sack
  • * Shakespeare
    • Drink carouses to the next day's fate.
  • A drinking match; a carousal.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • The early feast and late carouse .

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