Conversant vs Verse - What's the difference?
conversant | verse |
closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction
familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed
* Dryden
* Alexander Pope
(obsolete) Concerned; occupied.
* Wotton
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
Poetic form in general.
One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible.
(obsolete) To compose verses.
* Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
To tell in verse, or poetry.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
to educate about, to teach about.
* , chapter=22
, title= (colloquial) To oppose, to be an opponent for, as in a game, contest or battle.
As nouns the difference between conversant and verse
is that conversant is one who converses with another while verse is dew, dampness.As an adjective conversant
is closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.conversant
English
Alternative forms
* conversaunt (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.
- deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy
- He uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all.
- If any think education, because it is conversant about children, to be but a private and domestick duty, he has been ignorantly bred himself.
Usage notes
* generally used with with, sometimes with inverse
English
Etymology 1
Partly from (etyl) vers; partly, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* blank verse * free verseVerb
(vers)- It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet.
- playing on pipes of corn and versing love
Etymology 2
Verb
(vers)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.
