different between deportment vs portance

deportment

English

Etymology

From French déportement.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??p??tm?nt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /d??p??t.m?nt/

Noun

deportment (plural deportments)

  1. Bearing; manner of presenting oneself.
    Synonyms: bearing, comportment, posture
  2. Conduct; public behavior.
    Synonyms: behavior, conduct
  3. Apparent level of schooling or training.
  4. Self-discipline.

See also

  • comportment, behavior, accord, etiquette

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portance

English

Etymology

From Middle French portance (a carrying, support), from porter (to carry), from Latin portare (carry, bear, convey).

Noun

portance (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The manner in which one carries oneself; behaviour.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
      [] for in court gay portaunce he perceiu'd, / And gallant shew to be in greatest gree []

Synonyms

  • port (also a dated/archaic sense)

Anagrams

  • Caperton, co-parent, coparent, rent-a-cop

French

Etymology

porter +? -ance

Noun

portance f (plural portances)

  1. lift (upward force, such as that which keeps an aircraft aloft)
  2. bearing pressure

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • coparent

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