Shakespeare vs Punch - What's the difference?
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(surname)
William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
His works or media adaptations of his works.
(uncountable) Eloquent language, especially English; poetry.
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(countable) A playwright of the standing of William Shakespeare
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(countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
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(uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
(uncountable) Impact.
(countable) A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed causes a video game character to punch.
To strike with one's fist.
(of cattle) To .
To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
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To enter (information) on a device or system.
To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
To make holes in something
To thrust against; to poke.
(countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
(countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
(countable) A hole or opening created with a punch
(piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
To mark a ticket.
(uncountable) A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
As proper nouns the difference between shakespeare and punch
is that shakespeare is while punch is (british) a glove puppet who is the main character used in a punch and judy show.As a noun shakespeare
is (uncountable) eloquent language, especially english; poetry.shakespeare
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)Usage notes
* (William Shakespeare) Note that Shakespeare's manuscripts use a great many different spellings of his surname, way too many to list here. (At the time, some name spellings were much more variable than today, see (w, Spelling of Shakespeare's name) for a list.)Derived terms
* (l)Noun
- Caine, he said, might be a budding Shakespeare but in Shakespeare's time all it took to put on a play was a barn, a crude stage, ...
punch
English
(wikipedia punch)Etymology 1
From (etyl) punchen, partially from (etyl) .Noun
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Synonyms
* (A strike with the fist) box, bunch of fives (UK) * oomph, pepHyponyms
* (A strike with the fist) jab, hook, uppercut, poundingDerived terms
* beat somebody to the punch * kidney punch * one-two punch * pleased as punch * pull punches * punch drunk * roll with the punches * Sunday punchSee also
* (A strike with the fist) slapVerb
(es)- If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose.
- He punched a hit into shallow left field.
- to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow