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Celebrating vs Carnival - What's the difference?

celebrating | carnival | Related terms |

Celebrating is a related term of carnival.


As a verb celebrating

is .

As a proper noun carnival is

the season just before the beginning of the has its mardi gras carnival.

celebrating

English

Verb

(head)
  • * 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
  • While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

    carnival

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • (US English) a traveling amusement park, called a funfair in UK English.
  • Derived terms

    * carnival glass * carny * carnivalesque * carnivalistic

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