different between prancing vs prance

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?æn.s??/
• Rhymes: -æns??

Verb

prancing

1. present participle of prance

Adjective

prancing (comparative more prancing, superlative most prancing)

1. (dated, now uncommon) that prances

Noun

prancing (plural prancings)

1. The act of one who prances.
   • 1917, Bible (Jewish Publication Society of America Version), Judges 5:22

     Then were the horse hoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.

English

Etymology

From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance; literally, to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”). Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”). More at prank.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p?æn(t)s/
• Rhymes: -æns
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???n(t)s/
• Rhymes: -??ns

Verb

prance (third-person singular simple present prances, present participle prancing, simple past and past participle pranced)

1. (of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.
2. (colloquial, figuratively) To strut about in a showy manner.

Derived terms

• prancesome
• prancy

Translations

Noun

prance (plural prances)

1. A prancing movement.
   • D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow

     There seemed a little prance of triumph in his movement,

Anagrams

• parcen