different between amusement vs prank
amusement
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French amusement, from amuser +? -ment.
Morphologically amuse +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mjuzm?nt/
- Hyphenation: a?muse?ment
Noun
amusement (countable and uncountable, plural amusements)
- (uncountable) Entertainment.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 234a.
- This is some form of amusement you're talking about.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 234a.
- (countable) An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hobby
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French amusement.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?.my.z??m?nt/
- Hyphenation: amu?se?ment
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
amusement n (uncountable)
- entertainment, amusement
Related terms
- amusant
- amuseren
French
Etymology
amuser +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.myz.m??/
Noun
amusement m (plural amusements)
- amusement
Descendants
- ? English: amusement
- ? German: Amüsement
Further reading
- “amusement” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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prank
English
Etymology
From Middle English pranken (“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably from Middle Dutch pronken, proncken (“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”). Cognate with Middle Low German prunken (“to flaunt”), German prunken (“to flaunt”), Danish prunke (“to make a show, prank”). Connected also with German prangen (“to make a show, be resplendent”), Dutch prangen (“to squeeze, press”), Danish pragt (“pomp, splendor”), all from Proto-Germanic *prangan?, *prangijan?, *prag- (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *brAngh- (“to press, squeeze”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also prink, prance, prong.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?ngk, IPA(key): /p?æ?k/
- Rhymes: -æ?k
Noun
prank (plural pranks)
- A practical joke or mischievous trick.
- He pulled a gruesome prank on his sister.
- The harpies […] played their accustomed pranks.
- (obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:joke
Derived terms
- prankish
- pranksome
- prankster
- pranky
Translations
Verb
prank (third-person singular simple present pranks, present participle pranking, simple past pranked, past participle pranked or (archaic) prankt)
- (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick.
- (transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and promptly hang up
- Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up.
- I don't have your number in my phone; can you prank me?
- (transitive) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
- 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, B:II
- And there a Sea?on atween June and May,
- Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd,
- A li?tle?s Climate made, where, Sooth to ?ay,
- No living Wight could work, ne cared even for Play.
- 1880 Dante Gabriel Rosetti, For Spring, by Sandro Botticelli, lines 2–3
- Flora, wanton-eyed
- For birth, and with all flowrets prankt and pied:
- 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, B:II
- (intransitive) To make ostentatious show.
- 1867, Matthew Arnold, "Obermann Once More", in New Poems
- White houses prank where once were huts.
- 1867, Matthew Arnold, "Obermann Once More", in New Poems
Synonyms
(call and promptly hang up): missed call, missed-call
Translations
Adjective
prank
- (obsolete) Full of gambols or tricks.
Danish
Noun
prank
- prank
- 2016, Klaus Rifbjerg, Falsk forår, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)
- Hvad hun tillod sig nu var altså en prank, en joke, noget, der havde med overskud at gøre og slet ikke kunne bringes under de rubrikker, hun lå og forestillede sig.
- 2014, Nick Clausen, Kanel, klejner og julekaos, Tellerup A/S (?ISBN)
- Bare fordi det er min tur til at finde på en prank gider du ikke gøre dig umage .
- 2016, Lasse Henriksen, Pil Ingerslev, Benny 1's normale guide til det paranormale, Art People (?ISBN)
- Pranken fik sit eget liv, ...
- 2016, Klaus Rifbjerg, Falsk forår, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)
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