different between sway vs prestige
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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prestige
English
Alternative forms
- præstige (archaic)
Etymology
From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestigium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??s?ti(d)?/, /p???sti(d)?/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?p??st?d?/
- Rhymes: -i??, -i?d?
Noun
prestige (usually uncountable, plural prestiges)
- The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
- (obsolete, often preceded by "the") Delusion; illusion; trick.
Derived terms
- covert prestige
- overt prestige
- prestigious
See also
- prestigiousness
Translations
Adjective
prestige (not comparable)
- (sociolinguistics, of a linguistic form) Regarded as relatively prestigious; often, considered the standard language or language variety, or a part of such a variety.
Further reading
- prestige in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- prestige in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- prestige at OneLook Dictionary Search
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French prestige, from Latin praestigium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pr?s?ti?.??/
- Hyphenation: pres?ti?ge
- Rhymes: -i???
Noun
prestige n (uncountable)
- prestige
Derived terms
- prestigekwestie
- prestigeproject
- prestigieus
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: prestise
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praestigium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??s.ti?/
Noun
prestige m (plural prestiges)
- prestige
Derived terms
- prestigieux
Descendants
Further reading
- “prestige” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Etymology
From French prestige.
Noun
prestige c
- prestige
Declension
Related terms
- prestigelös
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