different between convenance vs conveyance

English

Etymology

From French convenance. Doublet of convenience.

Noun

convenance (countable and uncountable, plural convenances)

1. (obsolete) conventional propriety

French

Etymology

From convenir +? -ance (cf. convenant); possibly corresponds to Latin convenientia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

convenance f (plural convenances)

1. conformity, propriety
2. convenience, expediency

Derived terms

Related terms

• convenir
• convenant

Further reading

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

English

Alternative forms

• conveyaunce

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n?ve??ns/, /k?n?ve?n?s/, /?k?n?ve?n?s/

Noun

conveyance (countable and uncountable, plural conveyances)

1. An act or instance of conveying.
   1. (archaic) A manner of conveying one's thoughts, a style of communication.
      • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1

        She told me, not thinking I had been myself, that I was the prince's jester, that I was duller than a great thaw; huddling jest upon jest with such impossible conveyance upon me, that I stood like a man at a mark, with a whole army shooting at me.

2. A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.
3. (law) An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.

Translations

Verb

conveyance (third-person singular simple present conveyances, present participle conveyancing, simple past and past participle conveyanced)

1. (law, transitive) To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.

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