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Thesaurus vs Carnival - What's the difference?

thesaurus | carnival |

As a noun thesaurus

is thesaurus.

As a proper noun carnival is

the season just before the beginning of the has its mardi gras carnival.

thesaurus

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.
  • "Roget" is the leading brand name for a print English thesaurus'' that lists words under general concepts rather than just close synonyms.
  • (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
  • (information science) A hierarchy of subject headings—canonic titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.
  • Synonyms

    * synonymicon

    Derived terms

    * thesaural

    See also

    * ontology * *

    carnival

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • (US English) a traveling amusement park, called a funfair in UK English.
  • Derived terms

    * carnival glass * carny * carnivalesque * carnivalistic

    See also

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