Proffer vs Overture - What's the difference?
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An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship.
Essay; attempt.
To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.
To essay or attempt of one’s own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake.
Indefinite plural of .
(obsolete) An opening; a recess or chamber.
* Chapman
(obsolete) disclosure; discovery; revelation
* Shakespeare
(often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.
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(Scotland) A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
(music) a musical introduction to a piece of music.
Proffer is a related term of overture.
As nouns the difference between proffer and overture
is that proffer is an offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship while overture is (obsolete) an opening; a recess or chamber.As a verb proffer
is to offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.proffer
English
(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* proffre (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- (Milton)
See also
* proferExternal links
* * * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==Noun
(head)overture
English
(wikipedia overture)Noun
(en noun)- the cave's inmost overture
- It was he / That made the overture of thy treasons to us.
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- My mother had no choice; one did not turn down such an overture from the regent.