Carol vs Poesy - What's the difference?
carol | poesy | Related terms |
(historical) A round dance accompanied by singing.
A song of joy.
* Dryden
* 1908 ,
A religious song or ballad of joy.
* Keble
* Longfellow
To sing in a joyful manner.
* Spenser
* Beattie
To sing carols, especially Christmas carols in a group.
To praise or celebrate in song.
* Milton
To sing (a song) cheerfully.
* Prior
A poem.
*, II.10:
*:I know not well how to excuse him, in that hee deemed his Poesie worthy to be published.
Carol is a related term of poesy.
As a proper noun carol
is , popular in the middle of the 20th century or carol can be .As a noun poesy is
(rare|or|archaic).carol
English
Noun
(en noun)- the costly feast, the carol , and the dance
- The sunshine struck hot on his fur, soft breezes caressed his heated brow, and after the seclusion of the cellarage he had lived in so long the carol of happy birds fell on his dulled hearing almost like a shout.
- They sang a Christmas carol .
- In the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
- I heard the bells on Christmas Day / Their old, familiar carol play.
Verb
- carol of love's high praise
- The gray linnets carol from the hill.
- The shepherds at their festivals / Carol her goodness.
- Hovering swans carol sounds harmonious.