different between sway vs licence
sway
English
Etymology
Earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old Norse sveigja (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-Germanic *swaigijan? (compare Saterland Frisian swooie (“to swing, wave, wobble”), Dutch zwaaien, Dutch Low Saxon sweuen (“to sway in the wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh?- (compare Lithuanian sva?gti (“to become giddy or dizzy”), the second element of Avestan ????????????????????-????????????????????????????? (pairi-šxuaxta, “to surround”), Sanskrit ?????? (svájate, “he embraces, enfolds”).
The noun derived from the verb.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sw?, IPA(key): /swe?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
sway (countable and uncountable, plural sways)
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- A rocking or swinging motion.
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- Rule; dominion; control; power.
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
Translations
Verb
sway (third-person singular simple present sways, present participle swaying, simple past and past participle swayed)
- To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
- To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
- To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
- This was the race / To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.
- To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- Let not temporal and little advantages sway you against a more durable interest.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- (nautical) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
- To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- The balance sways on our part.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- To have weight or influence.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- The example of sundry churches […] doth sway much.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
Derived terms
- asway
Translations
See also
- persuade
Anagrams
- -ways, Yaws, ways, yaws
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licence
English
Etymology
From Old French licence, from Latin licentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?la?s?ns/
- Hyphenation: li?cence
Noun
licence (countable and uncountable, plural licences)
- (Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand) Standard spelling of license.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
licence (third-person singular simple present licences, present participle licencing, simple past and past participle licenced)
- (Britain, Canada, South Africa, nonstandard) Alternative form of license
Usage notes
- In British English, Canadian English, Irish English, Australian English, South African English, and New Zealand English the noun is spelled licence and the verb is license.
- The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.
Translations
Czech
Etymology
From Latin licentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?.tsen.tse/
Noun
licence f
- licence (UK), license (US)
Declension
Further reading
- licence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- licence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin licentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.s??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
- Homophone: licences
Noun
licence f (plural licences)
- licence
- permit, certificate
- (education) bachelor's degree (more accurately in France Bac+3)
- (somewhat archaic) licence: excessive or undue freedom or liberty
Derived terms
- licencier
- licenciement
- licencieux
Related terms
- loisir
Descendants
- ? Turkish: lisans
Further reading
- “licence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Etymology
licenc +? -e (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lit?s?nt?s?]
- Hyphenation: li?cen?ce
Noun
licence
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of licenc
Declension
Old French
Noun
licence f (oblique plural licences, nominative singular licence, nominative plural licences)
- leave; permission to be away, to be not present
Descendants
- French: licence
- ? English: licence, license
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