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Vantage vs Ventage - What's the difference?

vantage | ventage |

As nouns the difference between vantage and ventage

is that vantage is an advantage while ventage is a puff of air coming through a hole in a wind instrument.

As a verb vantage

is (obsolete|transitive) to profit; to aid.

vantage

English

Alternative forms

* vauntage (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An advantage.
  • A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
  • A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
  • * William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of Richard the Second ActV, scene III:
  • O happy vantage of a kneeling knee!
  • (dated, tennis) (score after deuce)
  • Verb

    (vantag)
  • (obsolete) To profit; to aid.
  • (Spenser)

    ventage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a puff of air coming through a hole in a wind instrument
  • *1602 : , act III scene 2
  • Govern these ventages with
    your fingers and thumb, give it breath with your
    mouth, and it will discourse most eloquent music.

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