Poise vs Behaviour - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.xii:
The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
* Dryden
A state of balance, equilibrium or stability
composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body
A condition of hovering, or being suspended
(physics) A cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter.
(wikipedia poise)
(obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
* Longfellow
(obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
(obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh.
(obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down.
*, II.2:
* 1597 , William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet , I.2:
To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
* Dryden
To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.
* South
The way a living creature behaves or acts.
* 2014 , A teacher, "
The way a device or system operates.
Poise is a related term of behaviour.
As nouns the difference between poise and behaviour
is that poise is (obsolete) weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs while behaviour is the way a living creature behaves or acts.As a verb poise
is (obsolete) to hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.poise
English
Noun
(-)- as an huge rockie clift, / Whose false foundation waues haue washt away, / With dreadfull poyse is from the mayneland rift, / [...] So downe he fell [...].
- Men of unbounded imagination often want the poise of judgment.
- (Bentley)
Derived terms
* centipoiseVerb
(pois)- The slender, graceful spars / Poise aloft in air.
- one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality
- to poise with solid sense a sprightly wit
- Every man poiseth upon his fellowes sinne, and elevates his owne.
- you saw her faire none els being by, / Her selfe poysd with her selfe in either eye.
- I poised the crowbar in my hand, and waited.
- to poise the scales of a balance
- Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky; / Nor poised , did on her own foundation lie.
- The rock was poised precariously on the edge of the cliff.
- He cannot sincerely consider the strength, poise the weight, and discern the evidence.
behaviour
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Alternative forms
* (US) * (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- She can't stop the strange behaviour because she has OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder).
Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian , 23 September 2014:
- Teachers will probably be on their best behaviour for your visit – but don't be upset if they don't even notice you; they've got enough going on.