What is the difference between pennant and pedant?
pennant | pedant |
A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.
# The broad pennant flown by commodores.
# The church pennant indicating religious services are taking place aboard ship.
# The commissioning pennant flown on ceremonial occasions.
(sports) The winning of a competition, represented by a flag.
A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
(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 pennant and pedant
is that pennant is a flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition while pedant is (obsolete) a teacher or schoolmaster.pennant
English
Noun
(en noun)- The New York Yankees have won the American League pennant far more often than any other team.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with pedant (one overly concerned with correctness), nor with pendant (a piece of jewellery).External links
*pedant
English
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.
