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Cavort vs Carouse - What's the difference?

cavort | carouse |

In intransitive terms the difference between cavort and carouse

is that cavort is to move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously while carouse is to drink to excess.

As verbs the difference between cavort and carouse

is that cavort is to prance, said of mounts while carouse is to engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.

As a noun carouse is

a large draught of liquor.

cavort

English

Verb

  • (originally) To prance, said of mounts
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter I:
  • To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.
  • * 1900 , ”:
    • And dragon-flies sported around and cavorted , / As poets say dragon-flies ought to do;
  • * 1911 , :
    • He whirligigged and pirouetted, dancing and cavorting round like an inebriated ape.

    Synonyms

    * (move about boisterously) romp, frolic, prance, caper

    See also

    * horse around

    References

    * * “ The Way We Live Now: 7-14-02: On Language; Cavort”, William Safire criticizes White House rhetorics who apparently use the word to mean consort, and discusses its possible origins.

    carouse

    English

    Verb

    (carous)
  • To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
    • We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.
  • To drink to excess.
    • If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian's.

    Derived terms

    * carousal * carousel * carrousel

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large draught of liquor.
  • * Sir J. Davies
    • a full carouse of sack
  • * Shakespeare
    • Drink carouses to the next day's fate.
  • A drinking match; a carousal.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • The early feast and late carouse .

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