Demesne vs Park - What's the difference?
demesne | park |
A lord’s chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor’s own use.
* {{quote-book, i2=*:
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter III
, passage=I could spot no friendly native to tell me where I might find Bobbie. I proceeded, therefore, to roam hither and thither about the grounds and messuages in the hope of locating her, wishing that I had a couple of bloodhounds to aid me in my task, for the Travers demesne is a spacious one and there was a considerable amount of sunshine above, though none, I need scarcely mention, in my heart.}}
* {{quote-book, i2=*:
, year=1962
, author=(Vladimir Nabokov)
, title=(Pale Fire)
, section=Commentary, note to lines 993-995
, passage=One minute before his death, as we were crossing from his demesne to mine and had begun working up between the junipers and ornamental shrubs, a Red Admirable (see note to line 270) came dizzily whirling around us like a colored flame.}}
A region or area; a domain.
* 1816, , lines 5-6
An area of land set aside for environment preservation and/or informal recreation.
# A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.
#* (Edmund Waller) (1606-1687)
# A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation
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, title= #* 1994 , Robert Ferro,The Blue Star :
# An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
# (US) A grassy basin surrounded by mountains.
An area used for serious organized purposes.
# (rfc-sense) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together.
# A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
# An area zoned for a particular (industrial or technological) purpose.
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, title= # (soccer) A pitch; the area on which a match is played.
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, title= (UK) An inventory of matériel.
(Australia, NZ) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
* 2003 , “Johnny”, Melbourne Blackout'', in Sleazegrinder (editor), ''Gigs from Hell: True Stories from Rock and Roll?s Frontline ,
* 2010 , Sandy Curtis, Dangerous Deception , Clan Destine Press, Australia,
* 2011 , Antonia Magee, The Property Diaries: A Story of Buying a House, Finding a Man and Making a Home … All on a Single Income! , John Wiley & Sons Australia,
To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
(informal) To defer (a matter) until a later date.
To bring together in a park, or compact body.
To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
(baseball) To hit a home run, to hit the ball out of the park.
(slang) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle.
(transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
(finance) To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.
(Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See )
As a noun demesne
is a lord’s chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor’s own use.As a proper noun park is
) the third most common korean surname.demesne
English
(wikipedia demesne)Noun
(en noun)- Oft of one wide expanse had I been told
That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ;
References
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English
Noun
(en noun)- While in the park I sing, the listening deer / Attend my passion, and forget to fear.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park , very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.}}
- I roamed the streets and parks , as far removed from the idea of art and pretense as I could take myself, discovering there the kind of truth I was supposed to be setting down on paper…
Chico Harlan
Japan pockets the subsidy …, passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
Sunderland 0-2 Blackpool, passage=But because of their dominance in the middle of the park and the sheer volume of chances, Sunderland boss Steve Bruce must have been staggered and sickened in equal measure when the visitors took the lead five minutes after the break.}}
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- We got to the 9th Ward and as luck would have it I found a park for my bro?s car right out the front.
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- Once they?d entered the floors of parking spaces, James found a park relatively easily, but Mark had difficulty, and only a swift sprint allowed him to catch up as James walked through the throngs of people in the casino with the determination of a man who didn?t want to be delayed.
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- We finally found a park and walked a few blocks to the building.
Antonyms
* (a piece of ground in or near a city) building, skyscraper, streetSynonyms
* (a piece of ground in or near a city) courtyard, garden, plazaDerived terms
* amusement park * ballpark * car park * national park * parkade * skatepark * theme park * tank parkReferences
* “Park” in James F. Dunnigan and Albert Nofi (1992), Dirty Little Secrets: Military Information You're Not Supposed to Know , Harper, ISBN 978-0688112707, p 28. *Verb
(en verb)- You can park the car in front of the house.
- I parked the drive heads of my hard disk before travelling with my laptop.
- Let's park that until next week's meeting.
- How are we parked , and bounded in a pale. — Shakespeare.
- He really parked that one.
- They stopped at a romantic overlook, shut off the engine, and parked .
- He came in and parked himself in our living room.
- Park your bags in the hall.
- We decided to park our money in a safe, stable, low-yield bond fund until market conditions improve.