different between afterpiece vs exode

English

Etymology

From after- +? piece

Noun

afterpiece (plural afterpieces)

1. (now chiefly historical) An additional work following the main work; especially, a minor entertainment performed after a play. [from 17th c.]
   • 1793, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 225:

     There was a silly after-piece called Carnarvon Castle, or, The Birth of the Prince of Wales.

2. (nautical) The heel of a rudder. [from 18th c.]

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin exodium.

Noun

exode (plural exodes)

1. (obsolete) departure; exodus, especially the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bolingbroke to this entry?)

   • 1868, Lyman Coleman, An Historical Text Book and Atlas of Biblical Geography (page 45)

     Moreover, the continuation of the Mosaic Dispensation from the Exode, 1586, to the burning of the second temple, A.D. 70 = 1656, is exactly the period before the Flood.

2. (Ancient Greek drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe.
3. (historical, Ancient Rome) A comic afterpiece, either a farce or a travesty.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin exodus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (éxodos, “expedition, departure”), from ?? (ex, “out”) + ???? (hodós, “path, road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.z?d/

Noun

exode m (plural exodes)

1. exodus
   • 1991, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence

     Il s'agit d'une possibilité envisagée, et si l'on prend des mesures, je ne crois pas cela provoquerait un exode massif de sociétés canadiennes.

Derived terms

• exode des capitaux m
• exode des cerveaux m

Further reading

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