Tent vs Creed - What's the difference?
tent | creed |
A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering persons from the weather.
(archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
To go camping.
(cooking) To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
To form into a tent-like shape.
(archaic, UK, Scotland, dialect) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
(archaic, UK, Scotland, dialect) Attention; regard, care.
(archaic) Intention; design.
(medicine) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
(medicine) A probe for searching a wound.
(medicine, sometimes, figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.
* Shakespeare
(archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.
(Webster 1913)
That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a definite summary of what is believed; a confession of faith for public use; especially, one which is brief and comprehensive.
* A creed is a manifesto of religious or spiritual beliefs
(rare) The fact of believing; belief, faith.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I:
As nouns the difference between tent and creed
is that tent is a pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering persons from the weather or tent can be (archaic|uk|scotland|dialect) attention; regard, care or tent can be (medicine) a roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges or tent can be (archaic) a kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from galicia or malaga in spain; called also tent wine, and tinta while creed is that which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.As verbs the difference between tent and creed
is that tent is to go camping or tent can be (archaic|uk|scotland|dialect) to attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder or tent can be (medicine|sometimes|figurative) to probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent while creed is to believe; to credit.tent
English
(wikipedia tent)Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* bender tent * fold one's tent * tent bed * tent caterpillarVerb
(en verb)- We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend.
- The sheet tented over his midsection.
See also
* camp * lean-to * tarpEtymology 2
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- (Halliwell)
Noun
(en noun)- (Lydgate)
- (Halliwell)
Etymology 3
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- to tent a wound
- I'll tent him to the quick.
Etymology 4
(etyl) . More at tinge, tint, tinto.Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----creed
English
Noun
(en noun)- The precipice she stood on was immense, / So was her creed in her own innocence.