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Carous vs Quaff - What's the difference?

carous | quaff |

As nouns the difference between carous and quaff

is that carous is (obsolete|nautical) a form of gallery or bridge, pivoted in the middle, fitted to ancient ships as a means of boarding and enemy vessel while quaff is the act of quaffing, a deep draught.

As a verb quaff is

to drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.

carous

English

Noun

(es)
  • (obsolete, nautical) A form of gallery or bridge, pivoted in the middle, fitted to ancient ships as a means of boarding and enemy vessel.

    • quaff

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.
  • * Shakespeare
    • quaffed off the muscadel
  • * Milton
    • They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet / Quaff immortality and joy.

    Quotations

    {{timeline, 1500s=1594, 1600s=1667, 1800s=1845 1852}} * 1594 — Shakespeare, i 2 *: Please ye we may contrive this afternoon, / And quaff carouses to our mistress' health * 1667 — Book V *: They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet *: Quaff immortality and joy... * 1845 — *: Quaff', oh ' quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore! * 1852 — *: Even while quaffing the third draught of the Fountain of Youth, they were almost awed by the expression of his mysterious visage.

    Antonyms

    * (wine terminology) food pairing

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of quaffing, a deep draught.
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    • Synonyms

    * chug * gulp * swig * See also