different between study vs muse

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?di/
• Rhymes: -?di

Etymology 1

From Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier) from Medieval Latin studi?re and Latin stud?re, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, hit”). Displaced native Old English cneordlæcan.

Verb

study (third-person singular simple present studies, present participle studying, simple past and past participle studied)

1. (usually academic) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.

2. (academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.

3. To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.

4. To look at minutely.

5. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
   • July 10, 1732, Jonathan Swift, letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry

     I found a moral first, and studied for a fable.

6. To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.

   • And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you […]

Conjugation

Synonyms

• con
• elucubrate
• research
• revise
• swot

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, hit”). Doublet of studio.

Noun

study (countable and uncountable, plural studies)

1. Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

   • 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations

     Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
2. The act of studying or examining; examination.
3. Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
   • 1762, Edmund Law, An extract from A serious call to a devout and holy life

     The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study.
5. A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.

   • his cheery little study

6. An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.

7. The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.

8. (music) A piece for special practice; an étude.
9. (academic) An academic publication.

10. One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
11. (obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
12. (archaic) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.

Synonyms

• (private male room): cabinet, closet (archaic)

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:study

Coordinate terms

• (private male room): boudoir (female equivalent)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Dusty, Dutys, Duyst, dusty

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: myo?oz
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /mju?z/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /mjuz/
• Homophones: mews, Meuse
• Rhymes: -u?z

Etymology 1

From Middle French muse, from Latin M?sa, from Ancient Greek ????? (Moûsa).

Noun

muse (plural muses)

1. A source of inspiration.

2. (archaic) A poet; a bard.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 85:

     My toung-tide Mu?e in manners holds her ?till,

     While comments of your prai?e richly compil'd,

     Re?erue their Character with goulden quill,

     And precious phra?e by all the Mu?es fil'd.

Synonyms

• (source of inspiration): Pierian spring

Related terms

• museum
• music

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English musen, from Old French muser.

Verb

muse (third-person singular simple present muses, present participle musing, simple past and past participle mused)

1. (intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder.
2. (transitive) To say (something) with due consideration or thought.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:muse.
3. (transitive) To think on; to meditate on.
   • c. 1726, James Thomson, Hymn

     Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.
4. (transitive) To wonder at.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder

Related terms

• muser
• musing
• amuse

Translations

Noun

muse (plural muses)

1. An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:

     still he sate long time astonished / As in great muse, ne word to creature spake.

   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 416:

     He fell into a muse and pulled his upper lip.

Etymology 3

From French musse. See muset.

Noun

muse (plural muses)

1. A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

   Find a hare without a muse. (old proverb)

Anagrams

• Semu, emus, umes

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myz/
• Homophones: musent, muses

Noun

muse f (plural muses)

1. artistic inspiration
2. muse (specific artistic subject)

Verb

muse

1. first-person singular present indicative of muser
2. third-person singular present indicative of muser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of muser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of muser
5. second-person singular imperative of muser

Anagrams

• émus, meus, mues, seum

Italian

Noun

muse f

1. plural of musa

Anagrams

• sume

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English m?s.

Noun

muse

1. Alternative form of mous

Etymology 2

From Latin M?sa.

Noun

muse

1. Alternative form of Muse

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French musée, from Latin m?s?um, from Ancient Greek ???????? (Mouseîon)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.se?/, [m??.?se?]

Noun

muse n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural muse or museer, definite plural museene or musea)

1. Alternative form of musé

References

• “muse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (Moûsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²m??.s?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

muse f (definite singular musa, indefinite plural muser, definite plural musene)

1. a muse

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²m??.s?/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

muse (present tense musar, past tense musa, past participle musa, passive infinitive musast, present participle musande, imperative mus)

1. to whisper

   Synonym: kviskre

Etymology 3

From French musée, from Latin m?s?um, from Ancient Greek ???????? (Mouseîon)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.se?/, [m??.?se?] (examples of pronunciation)

Noun

muse n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural muse, definite plural musea)

1. alternative spelling of musé

References

• “muse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Verb

muse

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of musirse.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of musirse.