Beauty vs Confiscate - What's the difference?

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between beauty and confiscate

is that beauty is (obsolete) prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion while confiscate is (obsolete) confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.

As a noun beauty

is the property, quality or state of being "that which pleases merely by being perceived" (aquinas); that which is attractive, pleasing, fine or good looking; comeliness.

As an interjection beauty

is (canada) thanks! cool!.

As an adverb beauty

is (canada) of high quality, well done.

As a verb confiscate is

to use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

As an adjective confiscate is

(obsolete) confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.

beauty

English

(wikipedia beauty)

Noun

The property, quality or state of being "that which pleases merely by being perceived" (Aquinas); that which is attractive, pleasing, fine or good looking; comeliness.

* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,

Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.

* 1988', "… '''beauty and recollection, like danger, glamour, greed, hunger- everything but disappointment and desire- were concepts belonging to other people.” -''Second Son , Robert Ferro

Someone who is beautiful.

Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty .

Something that is particularly good or pleasing.

That phrasing is a beauty .

What a goal, what a beauty .

An excellent or egregious example of something.

(with the definite article) The excellence, e.g. the genius

''The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!

(particle, obsolete) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).

Beauty treatment; cosmetology.

(obsolete) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.

* Jeremy Taylor

She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty .

Usage notes

* Adjectives often applied to "beauty": natural, great, real, physical, exotic, inner, spiritual, strange, divine, visual, heavenly, intellectual, facial, attractive, sensuous, sensual, seductive, musical, austere, alluring, mathematical, geometric, astounding, bodily, pictorial.

Synonyms

* gorgeousness, inspiration, loveliness * (someone who is beautiful) belle, looker * (something pleasing) gem, jewel * See also * See also

Antonyms

* repulsiveness, homeliness, ugliness

Derived terms

* age before beauty * bathing beauty * beaut * beauteous * beautician * beautifiable * beautification * beautifier * beautiful * beautifully * beautifulness * beautify * beautiless * beauty consultant * beauty contest * beauty is in the eye of the beholder * beauty is only skin deep * beauty mark * beauty pageant * beauty parlor * beauty quark * beauty salon * beauty school * beauty shop * beauty sleep * beauty spot * beauty strip * beautyberry * beautybush * beautydom * beautyhood * beautyship * California beauty * Camberwell beauty * line of beauty * meadow beauty * painted beauty * raw beauty * Rome beauty * Rutland beauty * Sleeping Beauty * spring beauty

Interjection

(en interjection)

(Canada) Thanks! Cool!

It's the long weekend. Beauty !

Adverb

(en adverb)

(Canada) Of high quality, well done.

He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.

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confiscate

English

Verb

(confiscat)

To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.

Synonyms

* (take possession of)

Adjective

(-)

(obsolete) confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit

* Shakespeare

Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate .

* Shakespeare

Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.

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