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Decant vs Decani - What's the difference?

decant | decani |

As a verb decant

is to pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.

As an adjective decani is

of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal.

decant

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.
  • (science fiction) To remove a clone from its chamber, vat, or artificial womb.
  • To rehouse people while their buildings are being refurbished or rebuilt

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    decani

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal.
  • * 1988 , Gordon Paine, Howard Swan, Five Centuries of Choral Music: Essays in Honor of Howard Swan (page 105)
    • All the extant voices participate fully in the decani-cantoris split at that point, so one is tempted to assume that the tenors split into decani and cantoris parts as well.

    See also

    * cantoris (Webster 1913) ----