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Caper vs Skylarking - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between caper and skylarking

is that caper is a frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank while skylarking is playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.

As verbs the difference between caper and skylarking

is that caper is to leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance while skylarking is present participle of skylark.

caper

English

(wikipedia caper)

Etymology 1

Shortening of capriole.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.
  • A crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime.
    • Derived terms
    * cut a caper

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) kaper.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) capparis.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa ), which is pickled and eaten.
  • A plant of the genus Capparis .
    • Synonyms
    * caper bush, caper tree, caperberry
    Derived terms
    * caperberry

    Etymology 4

    Shortening of capercaillie.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) The capercaillie.

    • Anagrams

    * * * ----

    skylarking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.
  • * Herman Melville, Pierre
    • those gods and men whose titles to eminence are secure, seldom worry themselves about the seditious gossip of old apple-women, and the skylarkings of funny little boys in the street.