different between vantage vs preponderance

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

Etymology

From preponderant +? -ance (suffix forming nouns indicating a condition or state); preponderant is derived from Latin praeponder?ns, the present active participle, or praeponderant, the third-person plural present active indicative, of praeponder? (“to give more influence or weight to, preponderate”), from prae- (prefix meaning ‘before; in front’) + ponder? (“to weigh; to ponder, reflect on, weigh up”) (from pondus (“weight; a pound; consequence, importance”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???p?nd???ns/, /p???p?nd??ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???p?nd???ns/, /p???p?nd??ns/
• Hyphenation: pre?pon?der?ance

Noun

preponderance (countable and uncountable, plural preponderances)

1. (obsolete) Greater physical weight.

   Synonym: (obsolete) preponderancy

   1. (specifically, weaponry, historical) The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
2. Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.

   Synonym: (obsolete) preponderancy
3. Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) preponderancy, preponderation

Alternative forms

• praeponderance (obsolete, rare)
• præponderance (obsolete, rare)

Derived terms

• preponderance of evidence, preponderance of the evidence

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

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