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Spree vs Antic - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between spree and antic

is that spree is a merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic while antic is a grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.

As a proper noun Spree

is a particular river that flows through Lusatia (eastern Germany) and into Berlin, where it flows into the Havel.

As an adjective antic is

grotesque, incongruous.

As a verb antic is

to perform antics.

spree

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.
  • Uninhibited activity.

    • Usage notes

    Often preceded by the name of a certain activity to indicate a period of doing that activity whole-heartedly and continuously, e.g. shopping spree.

    Synonyms

    * carousal

    Derived terms

    * killing spree * shooting spree * shopping spree

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    antic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * antick

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (architecture, arts) Grotesque, incongruous.
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  • Grotesque, bizarre; absurd.
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    • Related terms

    * ancient * antiquary * antiquarian * antiquated * antique * antiquity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture, arts, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
  • A caricature.
  • (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour.
  • * Wordsworth
    • And fraught with antics as the Indian bird / That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage.
  • * 1953 , John Christopher, Blemish
    • I saw the barren horror of your people's leisure with the million entertained by the antics of a tiny few
  • * 2007 , , Time To Add A Cute Kid To The Cast Questionable Content Number 951
    • Pintsize: Wait, don’t you want to know why I’m tied up and hanging from the ceiling? / Faye: Not really. Nighty night! / Pintsize: Shit! My wacky antics have jumped the shark!
  • A grotesque performer or clown.
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  • A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping

    • Verb

  • To perform antics.
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  • (obsolete) To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous.
  • * , Act II, Scene VII:
    • Gentle lords, let's part; / You see we have burnt our cheeks: strong Enobarb / Is weaker than the wine; and mine own tongue / Splits what it speaks: the wild disguise hath almost / Antick'd us all.
  • (rare) To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.
  • * 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, page 70:
    • She unfastened her dress, her arms arched thin and high, her shadow anticking her movements.
  • To make appear like a buffoon.
    • (Shakespeare)

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989 * *

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