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Sprint vs Promenade - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sprint and promenade

is that sprint is a short race at top speed while promenade is a prom dance.

As verbs the difference between sprint and promenade

is that sprint is to run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period while promenade is to walk.

sprint

English

(wikipedia sprint)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short race at top speed
  • A burst of speed or activity
  • In (Agile software development), a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.
  • Verb

  • (ambitransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period
  • Anagrams

    * prints ----

    promenade

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A prom (dance).
  • A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
  • A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise.
  • * 1900 , (Sigmund Freud), (The Interpretation of Dreams)'', '' , (translated by (James Strachey)) pg. 235:
  • The present dream in particular scarcely left any room for doubt, since the place where my patient fell was the Graben, a part of Vienna notorious as a promenade for prostitutes.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
  • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5 , passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}
  • A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
  • Synonyms

    * (a place to walk) esplanade

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To walk.
  • To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.
  • Derived terms

    * promenader (agent noun)