different between circumstances vs girth

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?k?mstæns?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??k?mst(?)ns?z/, /?s??k?mst??ns?z/

Noun

circumstances

1. plural of circumstance

English

Etymology

From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gj?rð, from Proto-Germanic *gerd?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?erd?- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????????? (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???/
• Rhymes: -??(?)?

Noun

girth (countable and uncountable, plural girths)

1. A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
2. The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
3. (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
   • Addison

     He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth.

4. A small horizontal brace or girder.
5. The distance measured around an object.
6. (graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.

Synonyms

• circumference
• cinch

Derived terms

• girthen
• girthful
• girthless
• girthly
• girthsome
• girthy

Translations

Verb

girth (third-person singular simple present girths, present participle girthing, simple past and past participle girthed)

1. To bind as if with a girth or band.

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

Anagrams

• grith, right