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Spectacle vs Ceremony - What's the difference?

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In obsolete terms the difference between spectacle and ceremony

is that spectacle is a spyglass; a looking-glass while ceremony is an omen or portent.

As nouns the difference between spectacle and ceremony

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 ceremony is a ritual with religious significance.

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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    ceremony

    English

    (wikipedia ceremony)

    Alternative forms

    * (both archaic)

    Noun

    (ceremonies)
  • A ritual with religious significance.
  • An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
  • A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks.
  • (obsolete) An omen or portent.
  • * 1599 , , II. i. 197:
    • For he is superstitious grown of late, / Quite from the main opinion he held once / Of fantasy, of dreams, and ceremonies.
  • * 1599 , , II. ii. 14:
    • Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies, / Yet now they fright me.

    Derived terms

    * ceremonial * ceremonially * ceremonialness * ceremonious * ceremoniously * ceremoniousness * ramp ceremony

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