What is the difference between march and april?
march | april |
A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
A political rally or parade
Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see )
Steady forward movement or progression.
(euchre) The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
To cause someone to walk somewhere.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1967
, first = Barbara
, last = Sleigh
, authorlink = Barbara Sleigh
, title = (Jessamy)
, edition = 1993
, location = Sevenoaks, Kent
, publisher=Bloomsbury
, isbn = 0 340 19547 9
, page = 84
, url =
, passage = The old man heaved himself from the chair, seized Jessamy by her pinafore frill and marched her to the house.
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To go to war; to make military advances.
A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
* , Book V:
(label) A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
The name for any of various territories with similar meanings or etymologies in their native languages.
* 1819 , (Lord Byron), , IV:
To have common borders or frontiers
(obsolete) Smallage.
The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr' or '
* 1845 , Robert Browning, Home-Thoughts From Abroad :
for somebody born in April; used since early 20th century.
* 1947 , Hilda Laurence, Death of a Doll , page 27:
As proper nouns the difference between march and april
is that march is the third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April. Abbreviation: Mar or Mar.April is the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr or Apr.As a noun march
is a formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.As a verb march
is to walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.march
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Akin to (etyl) mearc'', ''?emearc "mark, boundary".Noun
(es)- the march of time
Synonyms
* (steady forward movement or progression) process * (political rally) protest, parade, rally * (steady forward movement) advancement, progressionDerived terms
* countermarch * dead march * death march * double march * force-march * forced march * freedom march * frog-march, frog march, frog's march * funeral march * gain a march on, get a march on * grand march * hour of march * in a full march * in march * Jacksonian march * Jarvis march * line of march * make a march * march haemoglobinuria, march hemoglobinuria * march-on * march-order * march out * march-past * march-time * march tumor, march tumour * march to a different drummer * march to the beat of a different drum * minute of march * on a march * on the march * outmarch * rogue's march * route march, route-march, routemarch * slow march * snowball marches * steal a march * wedding marchVerb
(es)Derived terms
* dismarch * marcher * marching * march off * march on * march to the beat of a different drum * outmarch * overmarch * remarchEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(es)- Therefore, sir, be my counsayle, rere up your lyege peple and sende kynges and dewkes to loke unto your marchis , and that the mountaynes of Almayne be myghtyly kepte.
- Juan's companion was a Romagnole, / But bred within the March of old Ancona.
Synonyms
* (border region) frontier, marchland * (territory) county palatinate, county palatineDerived terms
* Lord Warden of the Marches * marcher * march-gat * march-land * march-man * march parts, march-party * * march stone * march-ward *Verb
Etymology 3
Noun
(es)Synonyms
* (l)april
English
Proper noun
(Aprils)- Oh, to be in England
- Now that April ’s there
- I'm April' Hooper. That sounds silly, the '''April''' part, but my mother was English and she always said there was nothing prettier than an English ' April .