Caper vs Frolic - What's the difference?
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A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.
A crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime.
To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa ), which is pickled and eaten.
A plant of the genus Capparis .
Merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
* Milton
* Waller
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
(obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.
Gaiety; merriment.
* 1832-1888 , Louisa May Alcott
A playful antic.
* Roscommon
To romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
(archaic) To cause to be merry.
Frolic is a synonym of caper.
As nouns the difference between caper and frolic
is that caper is a frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank while frolic is gaiety; merriment.As verbs the difference between caper and frolic
is that caper is to leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance while frolic is to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.As an adjective frolic is
merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.caper
English
(wikipedia caper)Etymology 1
Shortening of capriole.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cut a caperVerb
(en verb)Etymology 2
From (etyl) kaper.Etymology 3
From (etyl) capparis.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* caper bush, caper tree, caperberryDerived terms
* caperberryEtymology 4
Shortening of capercaillie.Anagrams
* * * ----frolic
English
Alternative forms
* frolickAdjective
(en adjective)- Coined by Kodi Masarik, the frolic wind that breathes the spring.
- The gay, the frolic , and the loud.
- Beale, under this frolic menace, took nothing back at all; he was indeed apparently on the point of repeating his extravagence, but Miss Overmore instructed her little charge that she was not to listen to his bad jokes [...].
Noun
(en noun)- the annual jubilee filled the souls of old and young with visions of splendour, frolic and fun.
- He would be at his frolic once again.