What is the difference between mount and mountain?
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A mountain.
(label) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
* Bible, Jer. vi. 6
(label) A bank; a fund.
An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse
A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
(label) A rider in a cavalry unit or division.
To move upwards.
#(lb) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
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#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
#*:Or shall we mount again the Rural Throne, / And rule the Country Kingdoms, once our own?
#(lb) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
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#(lb) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
#*:to mount the Trojan troop
# To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up''; to raise; to elevate; to lift ''up .
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:What power is it which mounts my love so high?
# To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up .
#*Bible, (w) li. 53
#*:Though Babylon should mount up to heaven.
#* (1743-1809)
#*:The fire of trees and houses mounts on high.
(lb) To attach (an object) to a support.
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*:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.
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*:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
# To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
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To increase in quantity or intensity.
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(lb) To attain in value; to amount (to).
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:Bring then these blessings to a strict account, / Make fair deductions, see to what they mount .
(lb) To get on top of (an animal) to mate.
# To have sexual intercourse with someone.
(lb) To begin (a military assault, etc.); to launch.
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(lb) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.
A large amount.
(figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.
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Mountain is a related term of mount.
As nouns the difference between mount and mountain
is that mount is a mountain while mountain is a large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.As a verb mount
is To move upwards.As a proper noun Mount
is {{surname}.mount
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) munt, from (etyl) , from a root seen also in (English eminent).Noun
(en noun)- Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem.
Usage notes
* Used chiefly in poetry, but also in the names of specific mountains, e.g. "Mount Everest".Derived terms
* (abbreviation)Etymology 2
From (etyl) mounten, from (etyl) mounter, from (etyl) monter, from ; compare French monter.Noun
(en noun)- The rider climbed onto his mount .
- The post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed.
- The General said he has 2,000 mounts .
Verb
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Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* dismount * demount * unmountExternal links
* * *mountain
English
Noun
(en noun)- Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
- We spent the weekend hiking in the mountains .
- There's still a mountain of work to do.
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