different between adventurer vs advene

English

Etymology

From adventure +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (US): IPA^(key): /æd?v?n.t??.?/

Noun

adventurer (plural adventurers)

1. One who enjoys adventures.
2. A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
3. A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
4. A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means
5. (video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
   • 1983, PC Mag (volume 2, number 2, July 1983, page 351)

     Meanwhile, the ranks of adventurers grow, be they manic puzzle-solvers or people like me, who like to look under the Robners' beds just for the hell of it.

   • 1992, Tim Kemp, Microfair Madness (game review in Your Sinclair issue 75, March 1992)

     It's a challenging game for the inexperienced adventurer, and should even give the hardened pros a bit of a run for their money.

Synonyms

• (one who enjoys adventures): man of action
• (soldier of fortune): see Thesaurus:mercenary

Related terms

• adventuress

Translations

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advenire (“to come to, arrive at”), from ad (“to”) +? venire (“to come”). Compare convene, intervene, supervene.

Verb

advene (third-person singular simple present advenes, present participle advening, simple past and past participle advened)

1. (rare) To accede or to come to; to be superadded to, to be added to something or become a part of it, though inessential.

Related terms

• advent
• adventure
• adventurer
• adventurous

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Evadne, Naveed