Provant vs Provent - What's the difference?
provant | provent |
(obsolete) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior.
* Ben Jonson
(obsolete) provender; food
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(obsolete) To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for.
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(Webster 1913)
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As nouns the difference between provant and provent
is that provant is provender; food while provent is obsolete form of lang=en.As an adjective provant
is provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior.As a verb provant
is to supply with provender or provisions; to provide for.provant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A poor provant rapier.
Noun
- One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day.
