different between courtesy vs care

English

Etymology

From Middle English curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??t?si/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?t?si/
• Hyphenation: cour?te?sy

Noun

courtesy (countable and uncountable, plural courtesies)

1. (uncountable) Polite behavior.

2. (countable) A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice.
3. (uncountable) Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.

4. (uncountable) Willingness or generosity in providing something needed.

   [on a label, caption, etc.] Courtesy the Smith Foundation: [e.g.] use of this image was allowed through the courtesy of the Smith Foundation.

5. A curtsey.
   • 1760, Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World

     The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual.

6. (law) The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

courtesy (third-person singular simple present courtesies, present participle courtesying, simple past and past participle courtesied)

1. Alternative form of curtsey
   • 1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded

     Well, but Polly attended, as I said; and there were strange simperings, and bowing, and courtesying, between them; the honest gentleman seeming not to know how to let his mistress wait upon him […]

Adjective

courtesy (not comparable) (used only before the noun)

1. Given or done as a polite gesture.

   We paid a courtesy visit to the new neighbors.

2. Supplied free of charge.

   Synonyms: complimentary, free of charge, gratis

   The event planners offered courtesy tickets for the reporters.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• cosurety, courtsey

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??/
• (General American) enPR: kâr, IPA^(key): /k?(?)?/, /ke(?)?/, [ke(??)?], [k?(??)?]
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English care, from Old English caru, ?earu (“care, concern, anxiety, sorrow, grief, trouble”), from Proto-Germanic *kar? (“care, sorrow, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *?eh?r- (“shout, call”). Cognate with Old Saxon cara, kara (“concern, action”), Middle High German kar (“sorrow, lamentation”), Icelandic kör (“sickbed”), Gothic ???????????????? (kara, “concern, care”). Related also to Dutch karig (“scanty”), German karg (“sparse, meagre, barren”), Latin garri?, Ancient Greek ????? (gêrus). See also chary.

Noun

care (countable and uncountable, plural cares)

1. (obsolete) Grief, sorrow. [13th–19th c.]
   • c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act III, Scene ii^[1]:

     More health and happiness betide my liege / Than can my care-tuned tongue deliver him!

   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act II Scene ii^[2]:

     Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.

   • 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 566:

     One day, among the days, he bethought him of this and fell lamenting for that the most part of his existence was past and he had not been vouchsafed a son, to inherit the kingdom after him, even as he had inherited it from his fathers and forebears; by reason whereof there betided him sore cark and care and chagrin exceeding.

2. Close attention; concern; responsibility.
3. Worry.
4. Maintenance, upkeep.

   • Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

5. The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
6. The state of being cared for by others.

7. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.

Derived terms

Related terms

• chary

Translations

Quotations

• 1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie

  ‘Have a care, Buquet—ghosts like not to be seen or talked about!’

Etymology 2

From Middle English caren, carien, from Old English carian (“to sorrow, grieve, be troubled, be anxious, to care for, heed”), from Proto-West Germanic *kar?n (“to care”), from Proto-Germanic *kar?n? (“to care”).

Cognate with Middle High German karn (“to complain, lament, grieve, mourn”), Alemannic German karen, kären (“to groan, wheeze, give a death rattle”), Swedish kära (“to fall in love”), Icelandic kæra (“to care, like”), Gothic ???????????????????? (kar?n, “to be concerned”).

Verb

care (third-person singular simple present cares, present participle caring, simple past and past participle cared)

2. (transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I, Scene i^[4]:

     […] What cares these roarers [i.e. thunder] for the name of king? […]
3. (intransitive, polite, formal) To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards.

4. (intransitive) (with for) To look after or look out for.

5. (intransitive, Appalachia) To mind; to object.
   • 2006, Grace Toney Edwards, JoAnn Aust Asbury, Ricky L. Cox, A Handbook to Appalachia: An Introduction to the Region, Univ. of Tennessee Press (?ISBN), page 108:

     After introducing herself, the therapist then asked the patient if it would be all right to do the exercises which the doctor had ordered for her. The patient would response, "Well, I don't care to." For several days, the therapist immediately left the room and officially recorded that the patient had "refused" therapy. [...] It was not until months later that this therapist [...] discovered that she should have been interpreting "I don't care to" as "I don't mind" doing those exercises now.

Usage notes

• The sense "to want" is most commonly found as an interrogative or negative sentence, and may take a for clause (would you care for some tea?) or (as a catenative verb) takes a to infinitive (would you care to go with me?). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Acre, CERA, Cera, Crea, Race, acer, acre, e-car, race, race-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?/
• Homophones: car, carent, cares, carre, carrent, carre, quarre, quarres, quarrent, quart

Verb

care

1. inflection of carer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• acre, âcre, créa, race

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -are

Adjective

care

1. feminine plural of caro

Anagrams

• acre, cera, c'era, crea, reca

Latin

Pronunciation

• car?: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ka.re?/, [?kä?e?]
• car?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ka.re/, [?k????]
• c?re: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ka?.re/, [?kä???]
• c?re: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ka.re/, [?k????]

Verb

car?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of care?

Adjective

c?re

1. vocative masculine singular of c?rus

References

• care in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• care in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• care in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English caru, ?earu (“care, concern, anxiety, sorrow, grief, trouble”). See Modern English care for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?r(?)/

Noun

care (plural cares)

1. grief; sorrow [from 13th c.]

   • Than Feraunte his cosyn had grete care and cryed full lowde […].

Descendants

• English: care
• Scots: care
• Yola: caure

References

• “c?re, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

care

1. inflection of cara (“walker; frequenting”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Verb

care

1. first-person singular present/imperative middle of carati (“to walk”)
2. optative active singular of carati (“to walk”)

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin qu?lis, qu?lem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kare/
• Rhymes: -are

Determiner

care

1. which

Inflection

Pronoun

care

1. which, that, who

Etymology 2

Noun

care n pl

1. plural of car (cart)

Etymology 3

Verb

care

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of c?ra
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of c?ra

Venetian

Adjective

care f

1. feminine plural of caro