different between showman vs carny

English

Etymology

show +? -man

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??m?n

Noun

showman (plural showmen)

1. A person who produces or presents shows as a profession, especially the proprietor, manager, or MC of a circus or variety show.
2. A person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation, performance, or publicity.

Derived terms

• showmanish
• showmanly
• showmanship

Translations

French

Noun

showman m (plural showmans)

1. showman

Spanish

Noun

showman m (plural showmans or showman)

1. showman

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??(?)ni/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ni

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• carney
• carnie

Noun

carny (countable and uncountable, plural carnies)

1. (informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).
   • 1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, Part , Chapter , p. 276,^[1]

     The Reverend Foster, self-ordained—or directly ordained by God, depending on authority cited—had an instinct for the pulse of his times stronger than that of a skilled carnie sizing up a mark.

   Synonym: showie (Australia)

2. (uncountable) The jargon used by carnival workers.
3. (informal, countable) A carnival.

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• carney

Verb

carny (third-person singular simple present carnies, present participle carnying, simple past and past participle carnied)

1. (dialectal) To cajole, wheedle, or coax.

Noun

carny

1. (dialectal) Flattery.

References

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• Caryn, Cryan

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• zarny (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *??rn?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tsarn?]

Adjective

carny

1. black

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• carny in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• carny in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.