pounce

As a noun pounce is

(historical) a type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or pounce can be the claw or talon of a bird of prey.

As a verb pounce is

to sprinkle or rub with pounce powder or pounce can be to leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.

As nouns the difference between lunge and pounce

is that lunge is a sudden forward movement, especially with a sword while pounce is a type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing.

As verbs the difference between lunge and pounce

is that lunge is to make a sudden forward movement (present participle: {{term|lunging}}) while pounce is to sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.

As nouns the difference between pounce and prance

is that pounce is (historical) a type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or pounce can be the claw or talon of a bird of prey while prance is (uncommon) the act of prancing.

As verbs the difference between pounce and prance

is that pounce is to sprinkle or rub with pounce powder or pounce can be to leap into the air intending to seize someone or something while prance is (of a horse) to spring forward on the hind legs.

As nouns the difference between pounce and pouncer

is that pounce is a type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing while pouncer is one who pounces.

As a verb pounce

is to sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.

Nertz is a synonym of pounce.

As a noun pounce

is a type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing.

As a verb pounce

is to sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.

As an adjective nertz is

nuts.

As a proper noun Nertz is

a fast-paced multiplayer card game involving multiple decks of playing cards.