different between vogue vs acceptance

English

Etymology

[1565] Borrowed from Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue, from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), from Old Saxon wog?n (“to sway, rock”), var. of wag?n (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wag?n? (“to sway, fluctuate”) and Proto-Germanic *w?gaz (“water in motion”), from Proto-Germanic *wegan? (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *we??- (“to move, go, transport”) (compare way).

Akin to Old Saxon wegan (“to move”), Old High German wegan (“to move”), Old English wegan (“to move, carry, weigh”), Old Norse vaga (“to sway, fluctuate”), Old English wagian (“to sway, totter”), German Woge (“wave”), Swedish våg (“wave”). More at wag.

The dance derives its name from Vogue magazine.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?g, IPA^(key): /v???/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

vogue (countable and uncountable, plural vogues)

1. The prevailing fashion or style.

2. Popularity or a current craze.

3. (dance) A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.
4. (Polari) A cigarette.

Derived terms

• in vogue
• voguie
• (dance): voguer

Translations

Verb

vogue (third-person singular simple present vogues, present participle voguing, simple past and past participle vogued)

1. (intransitive) To dance in the vogue dance style.
2. (Polari) To light a cigarette.

Anagrams

• vouge

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue (“a rowing”), from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), from Old Saxon wog?n (“to sway, rock”), var. of wag?n (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wag?n? (“to sway, fluctuate”) and *w?gaz (“water in motion”), from *wegan? (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *we??- (“to move, go, transport”).

Akin to Old Saxon wegan (“to move”), Old High German wegan (“to move”), Old English wegan (“to move, carry, weigh”), Old Norse vaga (“to sway, fluctuate”), Old English wagian (“to sway, totter”). More at wag. Alternatively the verb may be derived from Italian vogare (“to row”).

Noun

vogue f (plural vogues)

1. vogue

Derived terms

• en vogue

Related terms

• voguer

Descendants

• ? English: vogue
• ? German: Vogue
• ? Romanian: vog?
• ? Spanish: boga

Etymology 2

Verb

vogue

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

Further reading

• “vogue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

• First attested in 1574. From Middle French acceptance, from Old French accepter (“accept”). Equivalent to accept +? -ance.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k.?s?p.t?ns/

Noun

acceptance (countable and uncountable, plural acceptances)

1. (uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
   • 1611, King James Version, Isaiah 60:7

     They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar.

2. (countable) An instance of that act.
3. Belief in something; agreement, assent.
4. The state of being accepted.
5. The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
6. (business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
7. (law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.
   • 1876, Mozley and Whiteley, Law Dictionary:

     What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty.

8. (government, US) The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
9. (horse racing, Australia, New Zealand, plural only) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
10. (optics) Synonym of etendue.

Usage notes

In modern law, offer and acceptance are necessary elements for a legally binding contract.

Alternative forms

• acceptaunce (obsolete)

Synonyms

• (act of accepting): accepting, receiving, reception, approval
• (state of being accepted): acceptableness
• (assent and engagement by person on whom bill of exchange is drawn): assent

Derived terms

• (assent and engagement by person on whom bill of exchange is drawn): banker's acceptance, trade acceptance
• preacceptance

Translations

References

• acceptance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• acceptance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• acceptance (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• offer and acceptance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Scots

Noun

acceptance (uncountable)

1. acceptance

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.