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Stunt vs Antic - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between stunt and antic

is that stunt is to check or hinder the growth or development of while antic is to make appear like a buffoon.

As an adjective antic is

grotesque, incongruous.

stunt

English

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
  • (archaic) skill
  • * 1912 , Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
    • "See if you can hit the barrel, Joe," urged George Bland. "A lot of us have missed it, including Peaches, who seems to think his particular stunt is high throwing."
  • A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
    • Derived terms
    * publicity stunt * stunt double * stuntman * stuntperson * stuntwoman

    Etymology 2

    From dialectal . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To check or hinder the growth or development of.
    • Some have said smoking stunts your growth.
    The politician timed his announcement to stunt any surge in the polls his opponent might gain from the convention.
  • (cheerleading) To perform a stunt.
  • (intransitive, slang, AAVE) To show off; to posture.
  • * Hussein Fatal (Bruce Washington), I Don't Like That (rap song)
    • I don't like his style, and he always stuntin' .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A check in growth.
  • That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
  • A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.
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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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