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Cruise vs Croise - What's the difference?

cruise | croise |

As nouns the difference between cruise and croise

is that cruise is a sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure while croisé is an action in which one fencer forces the opponent’s blade into the high or low line on the same side, by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade.

As a verb cruise

is to sail about, especially for pleasure.

As a proper noun Cruise

is {{surname|from=Anglo-Norman|}.

cruise

English

Alternative forms

* cruize

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.}}

    Derived terms

    * cruise control * cruise missile * cruise ship * cruiser * cruisey/cruisy * cruisewear * pleasure cruise

    Verb

    (cruis)
  • (lb) To sail about, especially for pleasure.
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  • *:He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,.
  • (lb) To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
  • (lb) To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
  • To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.
  • To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).
  • To win easily and convincingly.
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    croise

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (fencing) An action in which one fencer forces the opponent’s blade into the high or low line on the same side, by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade
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