Lagniappe vs Perk - What's the difference?
lagniappe | perk |
(Louisiana, Mississippi, Trinidad and Tobago, uncommon) An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to a customer when they purchase something else.
* 1973 , (Thomas Pynchon), (w, Gravity's Rainbow) :
* 2011 , Steven Johnstone, A History of Trust in Ancient Greece (ISBN 0226405095), page 23:
To become more lively or enthusiastic.
To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.
* Barrow
To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
As nouns the difference between lagniappe and perk
is that lagniappe is (louisiana|mississippi|trinidad and tobago|uncommon) an extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to a customer when they purchase something else while perk is perquisite or perk can be a percolator, particularly of coffee.As a verb perk is
shortened form of percolate or perk can be to become more lively or enthusiastic or perk can be (dated) to peer; to look inquisitively.As an adjective perk is
smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.lagniappe
English
(wikipedia lagniappe)Noun
(en noun)- ‘Call it a little lagniappe , goodbuddy, that’s Duane Marvy’s way o’ doin’ thangs.’
- The seller resorts to a common saying to justify his position, while the buyer had to counter this with some arch words of his own. How buyers and sellers negotiated over a lagniappe'—an extra tidbit or bonus—reveals the precarious nature of trust in such relationships. Millett .
Synonyms
* pasella (South Africa), tilly (Ireland)Anagrams
*perk
English
Etymology 1
From perquisite, by abbreviation.Alternative forms
* (l) (less common)Etymology 2
From percolate (verb) and percolator (noun), by abbreviation.Etymology 3
The origin is .Verb
(en verb)- to perk over them
- to perk''' the ears; to '''perk up one's head
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- (Sherburne)