Success vs Cess - What's the difference?
success | cess |
(obsolete) Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.
* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
The achievement of one's aim or goal.
(business) financial profitability.
One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.
The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.
(British, Ireland) An assessed tax.
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(British, Ireland, informal) Luck
(obsolete) Bound; measure.
* Shakespeare
(British, Ireland) To levy a .
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(rail transport) The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.
In obsolete terms the difference between success and cess
is that success is something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result while cess is to cease; to neglect.As a proper noun Success
is a town in Arkansas.As a verb cess is
to levy a cess.success
English
(wikipedia success)Alternative forms
* successe (archaic)Noun
- I suppose them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter'd and mov'd inwardly in their mindes: Some with doubt of what will be the successe , others with fear of what will be the censure; some with hope, others with confidence of what they have to speake.
- His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success .
- Don't let success go to your head.
- Scholastically, he was a success .
- The new range of toys has been a resounding success .
- She is country music's most recent success .
Antonyms
* failureDerived terms
* nothing succeeds like success * successful * successfullyExternal links
* *cess
English
(wikipedia cess)Alternative forms
* CessEtymology 1
Shortened form of assess, spelled by analogy with census and other Latinate words.Noun
(es)- The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess .
