different between vantage vs possie

English

Alternative forms

• vauntage (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English vantage, by apheresis from advantage; see advantage.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??nt?d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?vænt?d??/

Noun

vantage (countable and uncountable, plural vantages)

1. An advantage.
2. A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
3. A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
   • 1595, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of Richard the Second, Act V, scene iii:

     O happy vantage of a kneeling knee!

4. (dated, tennis) Alternative form of advantage (score after deuce)

Translations

Verb

vantage (third-person singular simple present vantages, present participle vantaging, simple past and past participle vantaged)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To profit; to aid.

Further reading

• vantage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vantage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• pozzy

Etymology

From position +? -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• /?p?zi/, p?zi
• Rhymes: -?zi

Noun

possie (plural possies)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, military slang, Digger slang) A firing position.
2. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A position or place, especially one that is advantageous.
   • 1984, Garrie Hutchinson, A Practice Game at the Old Home Ground, from From the Outer, reprinted 2001, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 289,

     The fans seem happy to be back, finding their formerly favourite possies in the stands, or around the strangely sunken perimeter fence.

   • 1998, Business Review Weekly, Volume 20, Issues 47-49, page 102,

     Of course, it helps if you are very rich and regularly pay more than $40,000 for a couture outfit to be guaranteed of a near-front-row possie at the bi-annual parades (winter and summer collections).

   • 2009, Andrew Bain, Ethan Gelber, Cycling Australia, Lonely Planet, page 346,

     It?s in a good people-watching possie and if you have an early dinner between 3pm and 7pm you get a 40% discount.

Anagrams

• poises, posies