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As proper nouns the difference between trump and success

is that trump is a metonymic occupational name for a trumpeter while success is a town in arkansas.

trump

English

Etymology 1

Possibly from Italian trionfi (triumph(s) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US, in the singular, cards) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
  • (British, in the plural, cards) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
    • Diamonds were declared trumps .
  • (cards) A playing card of that suit.
    • He played an even higher trump .
  • (figuratively) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
  • An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.
  • * 1851 ,
    • All hands voted Queequeg a noble trump ; the captain begged his pardon.
  • * Thackeray
    • Alfred is a trump , I think you say.
  • An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.
    • (Decker)
  • (in the plural) The major arcana of the tarot
  • A card of the major arcana

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (cards) To play a trump (on a card of another suit).
    • He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped .
  • (cards) To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump
  • To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • to trick or trump mankind
  • (dated) To impose unfairly; to palm off.
  • * C. Leslie
    • Authors have been trumped upon us.
  • To supersede.
    • In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.
    Synonyms
    * (To play a trump card on another suit) ruff * (To get the better of a competitor) outsmart
    Coordinate terms
    * (To play a trump card on another suit) underruff, overruff
    Derived terms
    * the last trump * no trump * overtrump * trump card * trump out * trump up * under trump

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) trompe "trumpet" from (etyl) trompe "horn, trump, trumpet", from (etyl) * "trumpet". Akin to (etyl) trumpa, trumba "horn, trumpet", (etyl) tromme "drum", (etyl) trumme "drum". More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A trumpet.
  • * Bible, 1 Corinthians 15:52
    • In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To blow a trumpet.
  • (intransitive, slang, UK) To flatulate.
    • And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.

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    success

    English

    (wikipedia success)

    Alternative forms

    * successe (archaic)

    Noun

  • (obsolete) Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.
  • * 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
    • 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.
  • The achievement of one's aim or goal.
    • His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success .
  • (business) financial profitability.
    • Don't let success go to your head.
  • One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.
    • Scholastically, he was a success .
    The new range of toys has been a resounding success .
  • The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.
    • She is country music's most recent success .

    Antonyms

    * failure

    Derived terms

    * nothing succeeds like success * successful * successfully

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