Cavalcade vs Progress - What's the difference?
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A company of riders.
A parade.
* 1929 , , Chapter IX, Section iii
A trail ride, usually more than one day long.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=5 (by extension) A series, a chain (e.g. of events).
To move as part of a series or group, such as marchers in a parade or snow in an avalanche, especially in large numbers or in a chaotic or dangerous fashion
* 1725 , John Windhus, “A Journey to Mequinez”, in John Pinkerton, The Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels , Volume 15, Longman et al. (1814),
* 1866 , (Elizabeth Charles), The Draytons and the Davenants , M. W. Dodd,
Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Stephen Ledoux
, title=Behaviorism at 100
, volume=100, issue=1, page=60
, magazine=
An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
* 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 124:
* 1887 , (Thomas Hardy), The Woodlanders :
Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
to move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Tom Fordyce
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland
, work=BBC Sport
to improve; to become better or more complete.
To move (something) forward; to advance, to expedite.
* 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 266:
Cavalcade is a related term of progress.
As verbs the difference between cavalcade and progress
is that cavalcade is while progress is to move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.As a noun progress is
movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.cavalcade
English
("cavalcade" on Wikipedia)Noun
(en noun)- In the second row of the cavalcade were Francie, Fanny's god-daughter, now thirteen years old and already elegant in long frilled pantalettes, tartan skirts, and a leghorn hat with streamers, …
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- As soon as I visited this website, a cavalcade of dialog boxes started to appear on my screen; that's when I realized my computer was infected with a virus.
Synonyms
* (company of riders) company * (parade) parade, procession * (series) chain, seriesVerb
(cavalcad)page 478:
- Great numbers of horse were still cavalcading , but
pages 348–9:
- although for the most part he believed the devil was too good a general to let his soldiers waste their time in cavalcading about on broom-sticks.
progress
English
(wikipedia progress)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
- Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress .
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- Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.
- With the king about to go on progress , the trials and executions were deliberately timed.
- Now Tim began to be struck with these loitering progresses along the garden boundaries in the gloaming, and wondered what they boded.
- The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.
Usage notes
* To make progress'' is often used instead of the verb ''progress''. This allows complex modification of ''progress in ways that can not be well approximated by adverbs modifying the verb. SeeEtymology 2
From the noun. Lapsed into disuse in the 17th century, except in the US. Considered an Americanism on reintroduction to use in the UK.Verb
(es)- They progress through the museum.
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- Societies progress unevenly.
- Or […] they came to progress matters in which Dudley had taken a hand, and left defrauded or bound over to the king.