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S vs Cavort - What's the difference?

s | cavort |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb cavort is

(originally|intransitive) to prance, said of mounts.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    cavort

    English

    Verb

  • (originally) To prance, said of mounts
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter I:
  • To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.
  • * 1900 , ”:
    • And dragon-flies sported around and cavorted , / As poets say dragon-flies ought to do;
  • * 1911 , :
    • He whirligigged and pirouetted, dancing and cavorting round like an inebriated ape.

    Synonyms

    * (move about boisterously) romp, frolic, prance, caper

    See also

    * horse around

    References

    * * “ The Way We Live Now: 7-14-02: On Language; Cavort”, William Safire criticizes White House rhetorics who apparently use the word to mean consort, and discusses its possible origins.