different between acuity vs grandeur

English

Etymology

From Middle French acuité, from Medieval Latin acuitas, irreg., from Latin acu? (“sharpen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kju??ti/

Noun

acuity (plural acuities)

1. Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

Related terms

• acute
• acutance
• acuteness
• acuition

Translations

Further reading

• acuity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• acuity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• acuity at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???æn.d??/, /???æn.d???/, /???æn.d(j)??/, /???æn.d(j)?/
  • Homophone: grander (one pronunciation)

Noun

grandeur (countable and uncountable, plural grandeurs)

1. The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
2. Nobility (state of being noble).
3. (archaic, rare) Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “grandeur”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

Old French grandur, from grand +? -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.dœ?/
• Homophone: grandeurs

Noun

grandeur f (plural grandeurs)

1. size
2. (physics, mathematics) magnitude, quantity
3. (astronomy) magnitude
4. grandeur

Derived terms

• folie des grandeurs
• grandeur d'âme
• grandeur nature
• ordre de grandeur

See also

• taille
• largeur
• hauteur

Further reading

• “grandeur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French grandur.

Noun

grandeur f (plural grandeurs)

1. size