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Courtesy vs Manship - What's the difference?

courtesy | manship |

As nouns the difference between courtesy and manship

is that courtesy is (uncountable) polite behavior while manship is the characteristic of being a man; maleness; masculinity; manliness; manhood.

As a verb courtesy

is .

As an adjective courtesy

is given or done as a polite gesture.

courtesy

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Polite behavior.
    • Please extend them the courtesy of your presence.
  • (countable) A polite gesture or remark.
    • I offered them a ride simply as a courtesy .
  • * Shakespeare
    • My lord, for your many courtesies I thank you.
  • (uncountable) Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.
    • They call this pond a lake by courtesy only.
  • (uncountable) Willingness or generosity in providing something needed.
    • They received free advertising through the courtesy of the local newspaper.
  • A curtsey.
  • * Goldsmith
    • The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual.

    Derived terms

    * courtesy call * courtesy card * courtesy copy * courtesy name * courtesy of

    Derived terms

    * courtesy of

    Verb

  • * Samuel Richardson
    • Well, but Polly attended, as I said; and there were strange simperings, and bowing, and courtesying , between them; the honest gentleman seeming not to know how to let his mistress wait upon him

    Adjective

    courtesy (no comparative or superlative''; ''used only before the noun )
  • Given or done as a polite gesture.
    • We paid a courtesy visit to the new neighbors.
  • Free of charge.
    • The event planners offered courtesy tickets for the reporters.

    Synonyms

    * free of charge

    References

    manship

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The characteristic of being a man; maleness; masculinity; manliness; manhood.
  • * 1845 , Orestes Augustus Brownson, Charles Elwood , p. 161:
    • Every man is a man if he chooses to be, and has in himself all that he needs in order to be a man in the full significance of the term; and therefore no one has any occasion to borrow a part of his manship from his brother.
  • * 1902 , Lebbeus Harding Rogers, The Kite Trust (a Romance of Wealth) , p. 324:
    • He certainly had nothing to do with the choosing of his manship , any more than his sister had of her womanhood.
  • * 2003 , Leon Dash, When Children Want Children: The Urban Crisis of Teenage Childbearing , p. 200:
    • They were middle-class and, therefore, "had a better attitude towards girls because boys [in Washington Highlands] like beating girls to show their manship .
  • * 2007 , Kevin P. Novak, Adam Versus Adam , p. 69:
    • The manship of Jesus was hid from the eyes of men as completely as the Godship.
  • (archaic) position of honor or respect; dignity, worthiness
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=c1400 , title=Cursor Mundi , url= , passage=Ac fourti winter Madan mid mansipe held his riche. }}
  • (archaic) honor shown to a person; homage, respect; courtesy
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=c1330 , title=The Romance of Guy of Warwick , url= , passage=For los and priis þou mi?t þer winne & manschip to þe & al þi kinne. }}
  • (archaic) manly spirit or conduct; courage, valor, gallantry; chivalry
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=c1465 , title=The Paston Letters , url= , passage=And how that ever ye do, hold up your manship . }}
  • (archaic) human condition
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=c1400 , title=Cursor Mundi , url= , passage=Bot he was ferliful to call if þou it sagh..þat in a man all manscip war. }}

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "manship")

    Related terms

    * manshiply * Middle English manshipen — to honor

    Anagrams

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