Descanted vs Decanted - What's the difference?
descanted | decanted |
(descant)
A lengthy discourse on a subject
* De Quincey
(music) a counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme
To discuss at length.
*{{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4 To sing or play a descant.
(decant)
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
As verbs the difference between descanted and decanted
is that descanted is past tense of descant while decanted is past tense of decant.descanted
English
Verb
(head)descant
English
Noun
(en noun)- Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant !
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=“… This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. I am sure, Lord Stranleigh, that he has been descanting on the distraction of the woods and the camp, or perhaps the metropolitan dissipation of Philadelphia, …”}}