different between carnival vs barnstorm

English

Etymology

From French carnaval, from Italian carnevale, possibly from the Latin phrase carnem lev?men ("meat dismissal"). Other scholars suggest Latin carnu?lia ("meat-based country feast") or carrus nav?lis ("boat wagon", "float") instead.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæ?n?v?l/, /k??n??v?l/ (referring to specific festivals in various countries)

Noun

carnival (plural carnivals)

1. Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.

2. A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.
3. (US) A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.

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See also

• mardi gras
• Mardi Gras on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??(?)nst??(?)m/
• Rhymes: -??(r)m

Etymology

barn +? storm

Verb

barnstorm (third-person singular simple present barnstorms, present participle barnstorming, simple past and past participle barnstormed)

1. To travel around the countryside making political speeches etc.
2. (US) To appear at fairs and carnivals in exhibitions of stunt flying, sporting events, or theater.
3. (US, of a sports team) To travel from town to town performing in front of small crowds. [1][2][3] [4]

Quotations

• 1899, Mark Twain, as cited in 1901, J. B. Pond, Eccentricities of Genius, page 227

  I'm not going to barnstorm the platform any more, but I am glad you have corralled Howells.

• 2005, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers, Mencken: The American Iconoclast, page 109

  It wasn't just the smell of perfumes that assailed his nose every time he entered a stuffy auditorium that he found unwelcome; it was the childish playwriting and barnstorm acting that was driving out the intelligent theatergoer and the production of less commercial plays.

• 2006, Ethan Wolff, Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Manhattan, page 242

  Smaller bands play the clubs ..., while the more established acts barnstorm through New York's surfeit of midsize halls.

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Noun

barnstorm (plural barnstorms)

1. A series of appearances in small country towns, as by a politician or a travelling theatre group.

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