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Banquet vs Trigon - What's the difference?

banquet | trigon |

As nouns the difference between banquet and trigon

is that banquet is a large celebratory meal; a feast while trigon is (geometry|rare) a triangle.

As a verb banquet

is to participate in a banquet; to feast.

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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    trigon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry, rare) A triangle.
  • An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music. Also called sabbeka, sackbut, sambuca.
  • (astrology) A division consisting of three signs.
  • (astrology) A trine; an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.
  • (Hutton)
  • An old ball game played by three people standing in a triangular formation.
  • (Webster 1913)