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News vs Courant - What's the difference?

news | courant |

As nouns the difference between news and courant

is that news is new information of interest while courant is a piece of music in triple time.

As an adjective courant is

represented as running.

news

English

Noun

(wikipedia news) (en-noun)
  • New information of interest.
    • Is there any news about the storm?
    That was not much news in the press release.
  • Reports of current events broadcast via media such as newspapers or television.
    • Did you listen to the news tonight?
    The news is that Mr. Jones died yesterday from cancer.
  • (computing, internet) posts published on newsgroups

    • Derived terms

    * bad news * good news * hard news * local news * national news * news agency * newsagent * news feature * newsflash * newsman * newspaper * newsreader * news report * news reporter * news station * news stream * no news is good news * slow news day * soft news * that's news to me * world news * breaking news * news feed

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    courant

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alternative form of (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of music in triple time.
  • A lively dance; a coranto.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry) Represented as running.
    • a classical lion courant
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