different between onset vs debut

English

Etymology

From on- +? set. Compare Old English onsettan (“to impose; oppress, bear down”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n?s?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n?s?t/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??n?s?t/

Noun

onset (plural onsets)

1. (archaic) An attack; an assault especially of an army.

   Synonym: storming

   • 1800, William Wordsworth, Six thousand Veterans

     Who on that day the word of onset gave.

2. (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.

3. (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.

   Synonym: anlaut

   Antonym: coda

   Coordinate terms: nucleus, coda, rime

   Holonym: syllable

4. (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
5. A setting about; a beginning.

   Synonyms: start, beginning; see also Thesaurus:beginning

   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Delays

     There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.
6. (obsolete) Anything added, such as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
   • 1592, William Shakespeare , Titus Andronicus, Act 1, Scene 1

     And will with deeds requite thy gentleness:

     And, for an onset, Titus, to advance

     Thy name and honourable family,

     Lavinia will I make my empress.

Translations

Verb

onset (third-person singular simple present onsets, present participle onsetting, simple past and past participle onset)

1. (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
2. (obsolete) To set about; to begin.

References

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

Anagrams

• 'onest, ETNOs, Eston, SONET, Stone, notes, onest, set on, seton, steno, steno-, stone, tones

English

Alternative forms

• début

Etymology

From French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *but? (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eud- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at butt.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?bju?/, /?de?bju?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /de??bju?/
• (Filipino Diaspora) IPA^(key): /d??bu?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /d??b??/, /?dæ?b??/, /?dæ?bj??/

Noun

debut (plural debuts)

1. A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
   • 2016 September 29, Jason Keller, Eberle-McDavid-Lucic line debuts in Oilers pre-season loss to Canucks, CBC (Canada):

     Hulking defenceman Gudbranson, who came to Vancouver in a trade with the Florida Panthers last May, scored in his debut for the Canucks.

2. (also attributive) The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece.

   Coordinate term: sophomore

3. The first appearance of a debutante in society.

Usage notes

• British English favours "on one's debut" where North American English favours "in one's debut" in sense "during"; see quotations above.

Translations

Verb

debut (third-person singular simple present debuts, present participle debuting, simple past and past participle debuted)

1. (transitive, chiefly US) to formally introduce, as to the public

2. (intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance

Translations

Related terms

• debutant
• debutante

Anagrams

• tubed

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /d??but/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /de?but/

Noun

debut m (plural debuts)

1. debut (a performer's first appearance in public)

Related terms

• debutant
• debutar

Further reading

• “debut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

From French début.

Noun

debut m

1. debut

Synonyms

• po?átek

Related terms

• debutant, debutantka
• debutovat

Further reading

• debut in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• debut in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From French début (“debut”).

Noun

debut c (singular definite debuten or debut'en, plural indefinite debuter or debut'er)

1. debut

Inflection

Further reading

• “debut” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French début

Noun

debut m (definite singular debuten, indefinite plural debuter, definite plural debutene)

1. a debut

Related terms

• debutant
• debutere

References

• “debut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French début

Noun

debut m (definite singular debuten, indefinite plural debutar, definite plural debutane)

1. a debut

Related terms

• debutant
• debutere

References

• “debut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French début

Noun

debut n (plural debuturi)

1. debut
2. outbreak

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From French début (“debut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?bu/, [d?e???u]

• (spelling pronunciation) IPA^(key): /de?but/, [d?e???ut?]

Noun

debut m (plural debuts)

1. debut

Related terms

• debutar

Further reading

• “debut” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

From French début (“first throw or shot in a ball game”).

Noun

debut c

1. a debut

Declension

Related terms

• debutant
• debutera

Anagrams

• budet