different between enlargement vs advancement

English

Etymology

enlarge +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?l??(?)d??m?nt/

Noun

enlargement (countable and uncountable, plural enlargements)

1. An act or instance of making something larger.

2. (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337

     Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.

3. An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
4. (obsolete) Freedom from confinement; liberty.
5. Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.
   • 1897, Peter Joseph Cooke, Forensic Eloquence (page 40)

     Briefly, a discourse generally consists in some prefatory remarks which pave the way as it were for the enlargement upon which a speaker usually enters when he speaks to any purpose.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• advancemente (obsolete)
• advauncement (obsolete)
• advauncemente (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English avancement, Old French avancement. See advance.

Morphologically advance +? -ment

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æd?væns.m?nt/, /?d?væns.m?nt/

Noun

advancement (countable and uncountable, plural advancements)

1. The act of advancing, ; promotion to a higher place or dignity

   Synonyms: progression, improvement, furtherance
2. The state of being advanced
3. An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
4. (law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.

Translations

References

• advancement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French avancement, with the d added back to reflect the Latin.

Noun

advancement m (plural advancemens)

1. advance (forward movement)

Descendants

• French: avancement