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Spectacle vs Bysen - What's the difference?

spectacle | bysen |

As nouns the difference between spectacle and bysen

is that spectacle is something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant while bysen is an example; pattern.

As an adjective bysen is

monstrous; shocking; conspicuously bad or disgraceful.

spectacle

English

(wikipedia spectacle) (Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
  • An exciting exhibition, performance or event.
  • An embarrassing situation
    • He made a spectacle out of himself
  • (usually, in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.
  • (figuratively) An aid to the intellectual sight.
  • * Chaucer
    • Poverty a spectacle is, as thinketh me, Through which he may his very friends see.
  • (obsolete) A spyglass; a looking-glass.
  • The brille of a snake.

    • Synonyms

    * (optical instrument) glasses, eyeglasses, specs

    Related terms

    * species * spectacular * speculate

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    bysen

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An example; pattern.
  • Something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; sorry spectacle; disgraceful thing.
    • a shame and a bysen
  • A person presenting a ludicrous or disgusting spectacle.

    • Usage notes

    In the U.S., the only acceptable spelling is "bisen."

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Monstrous; shocking; conspicuously bad or disgraceful.
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