Vestibule vs Court - What's the difference?

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As a noun vestibule

is .

As a proper noun court is

(us) an abbreviated term of respect for any court ("the court").

vestibule

English

(wikipedia vestibule)

Noun

(en noun)

(architecture) A passage, hall or room, such as a lobby, between the outer door and the interior of a building.

* 1813 , , Volume 3, Chapter 9,

Lydia's voice was heard in the vestibule ; the door was thrown open, and she ran into the room.

* 1913', '' ,

The purpose of the vestibule , at least in western Europe, was not to provide a resting-place for penitents, but to deaden the noise outside.

* 1929 April, ,

Some instinct warned Armitage that what was taking place was not a thing for unfortified eyes to see, so he brushed back the crowd with authority as he unlocked the vestibule door.

(rail transport) An enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car.

* 1912 , Electric railway journal , Volume XL, Number 14, page 556,

The exit side of the front vestibule contains a sliding door.

(senseid)(medicine, anatomy, by extension) Any of a number of body cavities, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.

* 1838 , Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Surgical Society, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal , Volumes 17-18, page 333,

The membrane of the vestibule in this animal is thrown into three folds. The margins of these folds, looking towards the vestibule, are approximated, and, following the law which is now known to regulate the formation of hollow tubes, doubtless unite and coalesce in the next higher species of fish.

* 1920 , Jacob Parsons Schaeffer, The Nose, paranasal sinuses, nasolacrimal passageways, and olfactory organ in man; a genetic, developmental, and anatomico-physiological consideration , page 73,

The Vestibule' (vestibulum nasi). — The paired ' vestibule may be considered an antechamber to the nasal fossa.

* 2001 , René Malek, Cleft Lip and Palate: Lesions, Pathophysiology and Primary Treatment , page 79,

The incision of the mucosa over the premaxilla is traced a millimetre or two from the furrow that marks the bottom of the barely-defined vestibule .

Derived terms

* vestibular * vestibuled * vestibule school

References

court
English

Noun
(en noun)
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

* (1809-1892)

And round the cool green courts there ran a row / Of cloisters.

* (1800-1859)

Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court .

# A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.

(label) Royal society.

# The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.

#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

This our court , infected with their manners, / Shows like a riotous inn.

# The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.

#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you.

#* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

Love rules the court , the camp, the grove.

# Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.

#* (1800-1859)

The princesses held their court within the fortress.

Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.

* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

No solace could her paramour entreat / Her once to show, ne court , nor dalliance.

* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)

I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle.

(label) The administration of law.

# The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.

# The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes.

#* {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian
, title= Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , passage=Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die?}}
# A tribunal established for the administration of justice.

# The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.

# The session of a judicial assembly.

# Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

(label) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.

*{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5 , passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts' and the subsidiary ' courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}
Derived terms
* contempt of court * court case * court fight * court jester * courtroom * hold court * in court * out-of-court
Verb
(en verb)
To seek to achieve or win.

He was courting big new accounts that previous salesman had not attempted.

* Prescott

They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom.

* De Quincey

Guilt and misery court privacy and solitude.

To risk (a consequence, usually negative).

He courted controversy with his frank speeches.

To try to win a commitment to marry from.

* Shakespeare

If either of you both love Katharina / Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure.

To engage in behavior leading to mating.

The bird was courting by making an elaborate dance.

To attempt to attract.

* Macaulay

By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted .

To attempt to gain alliance with.

To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.

She's had a few beaus come courting .

To engage in courtship behavior.

In this season, you can see many animals courting .

To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

* Tennyson

A well-worn pathway courted us / To one green wicket in a privet hedge.

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