Notion vs Prank - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between notion and prank

is that notion is sense; mind. Shakespeare while prank is full of gambols or tricks.

As nouns the difference between notion and prank

is that notion is mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept while prank is an evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.

As a verb prank is

to adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.

As an adjective prank is

full of gambols or tricks.

notion

English

(wikipedia notion) (Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)

Mental]] apprehension of whatever may be known, [[think, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

* (Isaac Newton) (1642-1727)

What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles.

* (George Cheyne) (1671-1743)

Few agree in their notions about these words.

* (Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)

That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc.

* (Alexander Hamilton) (ca.1756-1804)

Notion , again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act.

A sentiment; an opinion.

* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves.

* (John Henry Newman) (1801-1890)

A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity.

*{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild

, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke

(label) Sense; mind. Shakespeare.

(label) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.

Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, such as a button or zipper.

(label) Inclination; intention; disposition.

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prank

English

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.

*, II.4.2.ii:

Hercules, after all his mad pranks upon his wife and children, was perfectly cured by a purge of hellebor, which an Antieyrian administered unto him.

A practical joke or mischievous trick.

* Shakespeare

His pranks have been too broad to bear with.

* Sir Walter Raleigh

The harpies played their accustomed pranks .

Pranks may be funny, but remember that some people are aggressive.

He pulled a gruesome prank on his sister.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* prankish * pranksome * prankster

Verb

To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.

* Spenser

In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank .

* 1748 , , B:II

And there a Sea?on atween June and May,

Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd,

A li?tle?s Climate made, where, Sooth to ?ay,

No living Wight could work, ne cared even for Play.

* 1880 , For Spring, by Sandro Botticelli , lines 2–3

''Flora, wanton-eyed

''For birth, and with all flowrets prankt and pied:

To make ostentatious show.

* M. Arnold

White houses prank where once were huts.

To perform a practical joke on; to trick.

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 13, author=Karen Crouse, title=Still Invitation Only, but Jets Widen Door for Camp, work=New York Times citation

, passage=“If someone’s pranking me,” Rowlands remembered thinking, “they’re going to great lengths to make it work.” }}

(slang) To call someone's phone and promptly hang up

Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up.

I don't have your number in my phone, can you prank me?

Synonyms

(call and promptly hang up) missed call, missed-call

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) Full of gambols or tricks.

(Webster 1913) English transitive verbs