Carouse vs Quaff - What's the difference?
carouse | quaff |
To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
To drink to excess.
A large draught of liquor.
* Sir J. Davies
* Shakespeare
A drinking match; a carousal.
* Alexander Pope
To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
The act of quaffing, a deep draught.
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As verbs the difference between carouse and quaff
is that carouse is to engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering while quaff is to drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.As nouns the difference between carouse and quaff
is that carouse is a large draught of liquor while quaff is the act of quaffing, a deep draught.carouse
English
Verb
(carous)- We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.
- If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian's.
Derived terms
* carousal * carousel * carrouselNoun
(en noun)- a full carouse of sack
- Drink carouses to the next day's fate.
- The early feast and late carouse .
Anagrams
*quaff
English
Verb
(en verb)- quaffed off the muscadel
- They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet / Quaff immortality and joy.