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Courant vs Corant - What's the difference?

courant | corant |

Corant is a descendant of courant.



As nouns the difference between courant and corant

is that courant is a piece of music in triple time while corant is a coranto (kind of dance).

As an adjective courant

is represented as running.

courant

English

Etymology 1

Alternative form of (m).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A piece of music in triple time.
  • A lively dance; a coranto.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry) Represented as running.
    • a classical lion courant
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    corant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A coranto (kind of dance).
  • * Sir W. Temple
    • It is harder to dance a corant well, than a jig.
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