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Cruise vs Sale - What's the difference?

cruise | sale |

As a proper noun cruise

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As a noun sale is

splinter.

cruise

English

Alternative forms

* cruize

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
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    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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  • Derived terms

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    Anagrams

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    sale

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sale, sal, from (etyl) . Related also to (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A hall.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sale, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (s)
  • An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
  • The sale of goods at reduced prices.
  • The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
  • Derived terms
    * for sale * on sale * regular sales * salesman * sales pitch
    Troponyms
    * (selling of goods at reduced prices) cut-rate sale, sales event * (act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder) auction, public sale

    Anagrams

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