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Feint vs Ceint - What's the difference?

feint | ceint |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between feint and ceint

is that feint is (obsolete) feigned; counterfeit while ceint is (obsolete) a girdle.

As nouns the difference between feint and ceint

is that feint is a movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy while ceint is (obsolete) a girdle.

As a verb feint

is to make a feint, or mock attack.

As an adjective feint

is (obsolete) feigned; counterfeit.

feint

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make a feint, or mock attack.
    • (to make a counterfeit move to confuse an opponent) * Chinese: *: Mandarin: * Finnish: (t) (trans-mid) * Maori: (t), (t), (t), * Russian: * Swedish: (trans-bottom)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Feigned; counterfeit.
  • * John Locke
    • Dressed up into any feint appearance of it.
  • (fencing, boxing, war) (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy
  • That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
  • * Spectator
    • Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off.
  • (fencing, boxing, war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance
  • The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper (C19: Variant of FAINT)

    • ceint

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A girdle.
    • (Webster 1913) ----