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Whisk vs Saunter - What's the difference?

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Whisk is a related term of saunter.


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between whisk and saunter

is that whisk is (obsolete) the card game whist while saunter is (obsolete) a place for sauntering or strolling.

As nouns the difference between whisk and saunter

is that whisk is a quick, light sweeping motion or whisk can be (obsolete) the card game whist while saunter is a leisurely walk or stroll.

As verbs the difference between whisk and saunter

is that whisk is to move something with quick light sweeping motions while saunter is to stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace.

whisk

English

Etymology 1

(etyl), from (etyl) visk According to] eng. (vist laant fra nord. ) whisk, the English (certainly borrowed from Old Norse) whisk[http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?action=search&word=whisk&resource=Webster's&quicksearch=on Etymology in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, from (etyl) . Cognate with Danish (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A quick, light sweeping motion.
    • With a quick whisk , she swept the cat from the pantry with her broom.
  • A kitchen utensil, made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle, used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).
    • He used a whisk to whip up a light and airy souffle.
  • A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.
    • Peter dipped the whisk in lather and applied it to his face, so he could start shaving.
  • A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
    • '' I used a whisk to sweep the counter, then a push-broom for the floor.
  • A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
  • A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
  • * Samuel Pepys
    • My wife in her new lace whisk .
  • (archaic) An impertinent fellow.
    • (Halliwell)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move something with quick light sweeping motions.
  • * J. Fletcher
    • He that walks in gray, whisking his riding rod.
  • In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream.
  • To move something rapidly and with no warning.
  • * Walpole
    • I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element into another.
  • To move lightly and nimbly.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}

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    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) The card game whist.

    • saunter

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace
  • * Masson
    • One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream.

    Synonyms

    * amble * stroll * wander

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A leisurely walk or stroll.
  • * 1814 , Elizabeth Hervey, Amabel: Volume 1 (page 53)
    • Caroline
  • A leisurely pace.
  • (obsolete) A place for sauntering or strolling.
  • * Young
    • That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town.

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