Popular vs Sport - What's the difference?
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Common among the general public; generally accepted.
* 2007 , Joe Queenan, The Guardian , 23 Aug 2007:
(legal) Concerning the people; public.
Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public.
* 1594 , (Richard Hooker), Preface :
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 645:
* 2009 , Graham Smith, The Guardian , letter, 27 May 2009:
(obsolete) Of low birth, not noble; vulgar, plebian.
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*:Popular and shallow-headed mindes, cannot perceive the grace or comelinesse, nor judge of a smooth and quaint discourse.
Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption.
* 2009 , ‘Meltdown’, The Economist , 8 Apr 2009:
(obsolete) Cultivating the favour of the common people.
* Such popular humanity is treason. -
Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired.
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(countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
(countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
* Jen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport ; she laughed at the loser.
* The loser was a good sport , and congratulated Jen on her performance.
(countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner, a good sport.
* You're such a sport ! You never get upset when we tease you.
(obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
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* Sir Philip Sidney
* Hey Diddle Diddle
(obsolete) Mockery; derision.
* Shakespeare
(countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
* Dryden
* John Clarke
(uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
(biology, botany, zoology, countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
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(slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler.
(slang, countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
(obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
* Charlie and Lisa enjoyed a bit of sport after their hike.
(informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
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(obsolete) Play; idle jingle.
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To amuse oneself, to play.
To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
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To display; to have as a notable feature.
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, title= (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
* Bible, Isa. lvii. 4
To represent by any kind of play.
* (John Dryden)
To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
As an adjective popular
is popular.As a noun sport is
fun, pastime, sport.popular
English
(wikipedia popular)Adjective
(en adjective)- Contrary to popular misconception, MacArthur Park is not the worst song ever written.
- At the coming of Calvin thither, the form of their civil regiment was popular , as it continueth at this day: neither king, nor duke, nor nobleman of any authority or power over them, but officers chosen by the people out of themselves, to order all things with public consent.
- Luther in popular memory had become a saint, his picture capable of saving houses from burning down, if it was fixed to the parlour wall.
- Jonathan Freedland brilliantly articulates the size and nature of the challenge and we must take his lead in setting out a radical agenda for a new republic based on the principle of popular sovereignty.
- As a work of popular science it is exemplary: the focus may be the numbers, but most of the mathematical legwork is confined to the appendices and the accompanying commentary is amusing and witty, as well as informed.
Internal Combustion, passage=The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
- They might have split 24 years ago, but the Smiths remain as popular as ever, and not just among those who remember them first time around.
Athletics and Herbal Supplements, passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}
Antonyms
* anonymous * unpopularDerived terms
* pop; pop art *References
* 1000 English basic words ----sport
English
(wikipedia sport)Noun
- Think it but a minute spent in sport .
- Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight.
- The little dog laughed to see such sport , and the dish ran away with the spoon.
- Then make sport at me; then let me be your jest.
- flitting leaves, the sport of every wind
- Never does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the sport of his own ungoverned passions.
citation, passage="Say, sport !" he would say briskly.}}
- An author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage would meet with small applause.
Derived terms
* air sport * blood sport * combat sport * contact sport * cue sport * extreme sport * flying sport * good sport * individual sport * mind sport * motorsport * old sport * poor sport * professional sport * spectator sport * spoilsport * sportsman * sportsmanship * sport jacket * sport stacking * sport utility vehicle * team sport * watersport * wheelchair sport * winter sportVerb
(en verb)- He sports with his own life.
Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}
- Against whom do ye sport yourselves?
- Now sporting on thy lyre the loves of youth.
- (Darwin)