Circumstance vs Rep - What's the difference?

circumstance | rep |

As a noun circumstance

is that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

As a verb circumstance

is to place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources.

As an initialism rep is

repose en paix/rip.

circumstance

English

Alternative forms

* circumstaunce

Noun

(en noun)

That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

* Washington Irving

The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened.

* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=

, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]”}}

An event; a fact; a particular incident.

* Addison

The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqoeror weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in history.

* 1834 , David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of , Nebraska 1987, p. 20:

Then another circumstance happened, which made a lasting impression on my memory, though I was but a small child.

Circumlocution; detail.

* Shakespeare

So without more circumstance at all / I hold it fit that we shake hands and part.

Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.

* Addison

When men are easy in their circumstances , they are naturally enemies to innovations.

Derived terms

{{der3, attendant circumstance , extenuating circumstances , under no circumstance , under the circumstances}}

Verb

(circumstanc)

To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources.

* 1858 , , Chapter 8:

Tidings had in some shape reached is ears that his father was not comfortably circumstanced as regarded money.

rep

English

(wikipedia rep)

Etymology 1

Clippings of various words beginning with "rep".

Noun

(en noun)

(countable) .

Try not to make it easy for the tabloids to ruin your rep .

(weightlifting, countable) .

I get a better bicep workout if I use less weight and more reps .

(countable) .

When I requested tickets for Nassau, my rep just put me on hold.

John Doe is a participant in the House of Rep s.

(theater, uncountable) .

She did her time in reps before she made the grade in West End theatre.

Verb

(repp)

To represent; to act as a representative for.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=Hal G. Evarts, title=The Settling of the Sage, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Bentley, the man who repped for Slade, carried the air and the rest joined in. }}

* {{quote-news, year=1994, date=November 4, author=Bill Wyman, title=Evanston's New Music Hall/Veruca Salt Grow Up/Schmitsville, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=He left to help the Reader set up its national advertising arm, went back to Rolling Stone for five years, repped other magazines, and finally set up his own company, which currently scouts ads for the Atlantic, Spin, Discover, and a publication called Disney Adventures. }}

(knitting) repeat

* 2011 , Hannah Fettig, Closely Knit: Handmade Gifts For The Ones You Love (page 44)

Rep' neck dec EOR 4 times more, AND AT THE SAME TIME, ' rep armhole dec EOR 4 (4,5) times more

Etymology 2

Back-formation from (reps), misinterpreted as a plural.

Noun

(en noun)

(textiles) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.

* 1923 , Theodore Dreiser, The Color of a Great City

Underfoot is a rich brown marble from the shores of Lake Champlain. The wainscoting is of green rep and red Numidian marble.

Anagrams

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