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Showman vs Carny - What's the difference?

showman | carny |

As nouns the difference between showman and carny

is that showman is a person who produces or presents shows as a profession, especially the proprietor, manager, or mc of a circus or variety show while carny is a person who works in a carnival.

showman

English

(wikipedia showman)

Noun

(showmen)
  • A person who produces or presents shows as a profession, especially the proprietor, manager, or MC of a circus or variety show.
  • A person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation, performance, or publicity.

    • carny

    English

    (wikipedia carny)

    Alternative forms

    * carnie

    Noun

    (carnies)
  • A person who works in a carnival.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 20 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”}}
  • The jargon used by carnival workers.

    • Synonyms

    * showie (Australia)