Course vs Court - What's the difference?

Court is a synonym of course.

In sports terms the difference between course and court

is that course is the trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc while court is a place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.

As nouns the difference between course and court

is that course is a sequence of events while court is an enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

As verbs the difference between course and court

is that course is to run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood) while court is to seek to achieve or win.

As an adverb course

is alternative form of lang=en.

As a proper noun Court is

an abbreviated term of respect for any court ("the Court").

course

English

Noun

(en noun)

A sequence of events.

# A normal or customary sequence.

#* Shakespeare

The course of true love never did run smooth.

#* Milton

Day and night, / Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course .

# A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.

# Any ordered process or sequence or steps.

# A learning program, as in a school.

#* 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant

#* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses , the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}

# A treatment plan.

# A stage of a meal.

# The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.

#* Bible, 2 Chron. viii. 14

He appointed the courses of the priests.

A path that something or someone moves along.

# The itinerary of a race.

# A racecourse.

# The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.

# (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.

# (golf) A golf course.

# (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.

# (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.

(nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.

A row or file of objects.

# (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.

# (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.

# (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.

(music) A string on a lute.

(music) A pair of strings played together in some musical instruments, like the vihuela.

Derived terms

* bird course * courseless * courselike * crash course * due course * let nature take its course * massive open online course (MOOC) * of course * off course * on course

Verb

To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).

The oil coursed through the engine.

Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.

* 2013 , Martina Hyde, Is the pope Catholic?'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/20/is-pope-catholic-atheists-gay-people-abortion]

He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt?

To run through or over.

* Alexander Pope

The bounding steed courses the dusty plain.

To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.

* Shakespeare

We coursed him at the heels.

To cause to chase after or pursue game.

to course greyhounds after deer

Adverb

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(colloquial)

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court

English

Noun

(en noun)

An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

* (1809-1892)

And round the cool green courts there ran a row / Of cloisters.

* (1800-1859)

Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court .

# A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.

(label) Royal society.

# The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.

#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

This our court , infected with their manners, / Shows like a riotous inn.

# The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.

#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you.

#* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

Love rules the court , the camp, the grove.

# Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.

#* (1800-1859)

The princesses held their court within the fortress.

Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.

* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

No solace could her paramour entreat / Her once to show, ne court , nor dalliance.

* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)

I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle.

(label) The administration of law.

# The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.

# The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes.

#* {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian

, title= Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , passage=Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die?}}

# A tribunal established for the administration of justice.

# The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.

# The session of a judicial assembly.

# Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

(label) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.

*{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild

, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5 , passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts' and the subsidiary ' courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}

Derived terms

* contempt of court * court case * court fight * court jester * courtroom * hold court * in court * out-of-court

Verb

(en verb)

To seek to achieve or win.

He was courting big new accounts that previous salesman had not attempted.

* Prescott

They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom.

* De Quincey

Guilt and misery court privacy and solitude.

To risk (a consequence, usually negative).

He courted controversy with his frank speeches.

To try to win a commitment to marry from.

* Shakespeare

If either of you both love Katharina / Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure.

To engage in behavior leading to mating.

The bird was courting by making an elaborate dance.

To attempt to attract.

* Macaulay

By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted .

To attempt to gain alliance with.

To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.

She's had a few beaus come courting .

To engage in courtship behavior.

In this season, you can see many animals courting .

To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

* Tennyson

A well-worn pathway courted us / To one green wicket in a privet hedge.

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