Propose vs Firecracker - What's the difference?
propose | firecracker |
To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
To ask for a person's hand in marriage.
To intend.
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, title= (obsolete) To talk; to converse.
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :
(obsolete) To set forth.
* 1616 , (George Chapman) (translator), Homer's Iliad , book 11:
(obsolete) An objective or aim.
*, II.17:
*:whose aime hath beene to make us not good and wittie, but wise and learned; She hath attained her propose .
A firework consisting of a string of bangers linked by a fuse designed to emit a series of loud bangs when lit. Traditionally used in Chinese celebrations (e.g. Chinese New Year) to scare off ghosts and bad spirits and to bring good luck.
A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an .
A person who is exciting and/or unpredictable.
As a verb propose
is .As a noun firecracker is
a firework consisting of a string of bangers linked by a fuse designed to emit a series of loud bangs when lit traditionally used in chinese celebrations (eg chinese new year) to scare off ghosts and bad spirits and to bring good luck.propose
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(propos)Preface (Google preview):
- I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England.
John Vidal
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- HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour;
- There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice
- Proposing with the prince and Claudio
- . . . so weighty was the cup,
- That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.