different between pacquet vs racquet

English

Noun

pacquet (plural pacquets)

1. Obsolete form of packet.

Verb

pacquet (third-person singular simple present pacquets, present participle pacquetting, simple past and past participle pacquetted)

1. Obsolete form of packet.

References

• pacquet in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pakat, pekette

Etymology

Either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently from pak +? -et (which in any case it is equivalent to}.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pakit/, /?pak?t/

Noun

pacquet (plural pacquetz)

1. (rare, Late Middle English) packet

Descendants

• English: packet
• Scots: packet

References

• “paket, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-04.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French raquette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æk?t/
• Rhymes: -æk?t
• Homophone: racket

Noun

racquet (plural racquets)

1. (chiefly Britain) Alternative form of racket (“implement with a handle connected to a round frame”)

   Synonyms: bat, paddle

Derived terms

See also

• badminton
• racquets
• squash
• tennis

Translations

Verb

racquet (third-person singular simple present racquets, present participle racqueting, simple past and past participle racqueted)

1. To hit with a racquet.
2. To play a game that involves using a racquet.
3. To dart about in a manner reminiscent of a ball hit by a racquet.
4. To exchange back and forth, similar to the way a tennis ball volleys back and forth.

Further reading

• racket (sports equipment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia