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Engagement vs Tryst - What's the difference?

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Engagement is a related term of tryst.


As nouns the difference between engagement and tryst

is that engagement is engagement while tryst is a prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.

As a verb tryst is

to make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place.

engagement

English

Noun

(wikipedia engagement) (en noun)
  • (countable) an appointment, especially to speak or perform
    • The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.
  • (uncountable) connection or attachment
    • Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.
  • (countable or uncountable) the period of time when marriage is planned or promised
    • We are enjoying a long engagement , but haven't yet set a date.
  • In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.
    • The engagement resulted in many casualties.
  • (fencing) the point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.
    • After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail .

    Derived terms

    * engagement ring

    Related terms

    * engage

    Derived terms

    * disengagement

    See also

    * battle * campaign ----

    tryst

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
  • * Tennyson
    • The tenderest-hearted maid / That ever bided tryst at village stile.
  • * 2004 , , The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life , page 11
    • But, for the most part, we shall mark our progress to the dawn of life by the measure of those 40 natural milestones, the trysts that enrich our pilgrimage.
  • * 2005 , , The Pig that Wants to be Eaten: And 99 other thought experiments , ?91: “No one gets hurt”, page 271 (Granta; ISBN 1862078556, 9781862078550)
    • If someone trusts you, what is lost if you betray that trust? As Scarlett is tempted to see it, sometimes nothing at all. If her husband remains ignorant of her tryst , then his trust in her will remain intact. ‘No one gets hurt’ runs her reasoning, so why not go ahead?
  • (obsolete) A mutual agreement, a covenant.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place.
  • To arrange or appoint (a meeting time etc.).
  • To keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time.