Difference between Disport and Amuse

What is the difference between Disport and Amuse?

Disport as a verb is to amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; to cavort or gambol while Amuse as a verb is to entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.

Disport

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; to cavort or gambol to display ostentatiously

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pastime (archaic)

Amuse

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.To cause laughter, to be funny., To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed; also to invent some plausible tale, to delude shop-keepers and others, thereby to put them off their guard. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)

Example sentence: I think we are living in paradise with regards to the ways we can amuse ourselves, communicate. We have such a richness of possibilities.

We hope you now know whether to use Disport or Amuse in your sentence.

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