Venue vs Rendezvous - What's the difference?
venue | rendezvous |
A place, especially the one where a given event is to happen.
(legal) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.
* The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made. --.
(obsolete) A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew.
(sports) Sport venue: a stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.
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A meeting or date.
An agreement to meet; a location or time agreed upon to meet.
A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
* Sir Walter Scott
(label) The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
* Clarendon
(obsolete) retreat; refuge
To meet at an agreed time and place.
In obsolete terms the difference between venue and rendezvous
is that venue is a bout; a hit; a turn. See venew while rendezvous is retreat; refuge.As nouns the difference between venue and rendezvous
is that venue is a place, especially the one where a given event is to happen while rendezvous is a meeting or date.As a verb rendezvous is
to meet at an agreed time and place.venue
English
(wikipedia venue)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.}}
Usage notes
In certain cases, the court has power to change the venue, which is to direct the trial to be had in a different county from that where the venue is laid.Synonyms
See come, and confer venew, veney.Hyponyms
* stadium * arenarendezvous
English
Noun
- I have a rendezvous with a friend in three weeks.
- “Get the party started at the rendezvous at oh six hours.”
- an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers
- The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough.
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* (military) RV (abbreviation)Usage notes
The plural rendezvous'' (/-vu/) is normally ''rendezvous'' (/-vuz/). Rarely, the form ''rendezvouses is encountered.Verb
- Let's rendezvous at the bordello at 8:00 and go from there.
