What is the difference between pendant and pedant?
pendant | pedant |
(architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
(obsolete, in the plural) Testicles.
A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
(nautical) A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
The dangling part of an earring.
(obsolete) An appendix or addition, as to a book.
* Keightley
(fine arts) One of a pair; a counterpart.
(obsolete) A pendulum.
(US) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
(archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.
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A person who emphasizes his/her knowledge through the use of vocabulary.
(label) A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
As nouns the difference between pendant and pedant
is that pendant is a supporting post attached to the main rafter while pedant is a teacher or schoolmaster.pendant
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Alternative forms
* pendaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Many have been pleased with this work and its pendant , the Tales and Popular Fictions.
- One vase is the pendant to the other vase.
- (Knight)
pedant
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Noun
(en noun)- I have in my youth oftentimes beene vexed to see a Pedant [tr. pedante''] brought in, in most of Italian comedies, for a vice or sport-maker, and the nicke-name of ''Magister to be of no better signification amongst us.