What's the difference between cavalcade and promenade?

Cavalcade


Definition:

  • (n.) A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Beyond that, MSNBC devotes three hours each morning to a show hosted by a former rightwing GOP congressman and his cavalcade of vapid "centrist" establishment journalists such as Mark Halperin (then again, Fox features the idiosyncratic and unpredictable Shepard Smith each night).
  • (2) After the ceremony on Thursday, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will tour central Madrid in a motor cavalcade – a somewhat risky venture given the strength of republican sentiment that has emerged since the abdication was announced.
  • (3) It's a cavalcade of the bizarre that might leave lesser storytellers struggling for clarity.
  • (4) He was followed after the cavalcade by numbers of heavily armed members of the ALN (National Liberation Army) and unfortunately many freelance supporters in no uniform, but carrying, like the traditional rebels, revolvers and hand grenades in their belts.
  • (5) Host cities are disrupted for days or even weeks.The cavalcades roll into town, good intentions are shared in productive talks.
  • (6) Although the chancellor will spend barely six hours in the country, her presence has resulted in frogmen patrolling the seas, snipers guarding rooftops and an estimated 7,000 policemen, including elite riot units, securing the boulevards on which her cavalcade will pass.
  • (7) Leaders regularly cock a snook at democratic niceties in staying in power and many seem largely out of touch with their people's needs, behind their high walls and blue-light security cavalcades.
  • (8) As his cavalcade drove up to the interview venue, girls leaned out of the window and screamed as if they had seen a rock star.
  • (9) "Obviously it's very different from a general election so while everybody who voted yes is delighted, there are no street celebrations going on, no car cavalcades or anything like that."
  • (10) And if it was OK to discuss it – being gay, cross-dressing, waxing and waning libido, abortion, the evils of child abuse and violent marriages, the taboos of incest or underage sex, the huge technicolour cavalcade of being human – then the loneliness of a desperate problem was mitigated.
  • (11) Photographed shopping in a local supermarket before his election, he prefers to travel by train or car, with his cavalcade even respecting red lights, whereas Sarkozy favoured jets.
  • (12) If the casting is confirmed and Cumberbatch makes the trip to New Zealand, where filming is currently taking place, he will join a cavalcade of UK talent on the project.
  • (13) The approach brought peaceful, exuberant scenes on Thursday, with cavalcades of honking horns, but a small riot marred Friday’s peaceful protests – and left Johnson facing criticism that his officers had stood by as business were ransacked.
  • (14) He swept into a side entrance in a police cavalcade under flashing blue lights, avoiding most of the hundreds of onlookers including family members of Mladic's alleged victims and Serbian nationalist supporters of the war crimes suspect.
  • (15) The danger of a lack of transparency in fundraising is written in corruption allegations across contemporary Europe, a shameful cavalcade that may soon be joined by Nicolas Sarkozy .
  • (16) What do you get when you combine Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Doc Rivers, the Donald Sterling Media Circus, the second best Reggie Jackson in sports history and a cavalcade of rich and famous people lining up to buy Los Angeles's other NBA team?
  • (17) Alongside the highway near the town of Ventersburg, at a rural settlement not yet reached by post-apartheid development, a knot of villagers had clustered: they were dancing and singing and clapping, and with the help of one or two vuvuzelas, cheering on the flag-festooned cavalcade of luxury cars ferrying well-heeled supporters down to the game.
  • (18) At a function at the Royal United Services Institute, a few yards from Downing Street, this month, his cavalcade, complete with motorcycle outriders, looked almost presidential; it is a comparison not lost on the Russian authorities who have charged him with plotting a coup against the Putin regime, or at least setting himself and some of his fellow exiles up as an opposition in waiting.
  • (19) Expectations are high.” A cavalcade of motorbikes and cars with their headlights on and horns blaring paraded through the streets of Kano, northern Nigeria’s biggest city, AFP reported.
  • (20) Circling a packed peninsula lined with scores of snazzy hotels and designer boutiques, the beaches will be buzzing from January to March, perpetually topped up by a cavalcade of South America's rich and famous.

Promenade


Definition:

  • (n.) A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.
  • (n.) A place for walking; a public walk.
  • (v. i.) To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Flowers and written tributes are laid on the Promenade des Anglais.
  • (2) • In Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, seafront properties along the promenade were again evacuated to a rest centre at a local school.
  • (3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The beach and the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, photographed on Sunday.
  • (4) Everyone is so positive,” said Jodie Evans , a co-founder of Code Pink, as her troupe advanced down Third Street Promenade.
  • (5) Not only is this the city’s best-known and most historic lido, it’s also Europe’s largest, with a 1,275 metre expanse of sandy beach and impressive 1920s “New Objectivity” architecture that houses a promenade of pizza, beer and ice-cream stalls.
  • (6) New Brighton Main road outside (now flooded) Morrisons on The Wirral Peninsula Sent via Guardian Witness By Rexkramer 5 December 2013, 14:24 Promenade New Brighton Promenade Road New Brighton, Wirral...they are waves not clouds!
  • (7) At Rada, he experimented with promenade productions of Shakespeare, and persuaded the Samuel Beckett estate to let him stage the radio play All That Fall in 2008.
  • (8) The promenade was reopened on Saturday morning as France began three days of national mourning and Hollande held a security meeting with ministers, police and intelligence officers.
  • (9) I'd bought half a dozen oysters, some bread and sausage and sat watching strollers, cyclists, runners and roller bladers taking full advantage of the promenade.
  • (10) Backed by a breezy 2km-long promenade, the calm water is perfect for swimming, while sunken galleons are a huge draw for scuba divers.
  • (11) Instead of being performed on stage to an audience, it was to be an immersive, promenade production, where the audiences could walk through the school corridors, witnessing conversations and different dramatic moments between the cast.
  • (12) However, he left a greater mark as an enabler, in charge of two of Britain's most important cultural institutions, the Edinburgh International Festival, from 1979 to 1983, and Radio 3 , where, from 1985 to 1995, he also planned the annual seasons of Promenade concerts.
  • (13) Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images Tel Aviv It is flat, sunny and boasts a sweeping promenade hugging long golden beaches.
  • (14) • Lower Promenade (01287 625321, saltburnsurf.co.uk ), beginner group lesson £30 for approximately two hours, all equipment provided BEST FOR FAMILIES Ramsgate Main Sands, Ramsgate, Kent A bustling blue flag bearer, Ramsgate is a good old-fashioned beach resort with lifeguards on patrol, a bay inspector and a ban on dogs in the summer months, which keeps families flocking here.
  • (15) Hired on Monday in nearby Saint-Laurent-du-Var, the 19-tonne vehicle began to creep forward from no 11, Promenade des Anglais.
  • (16) He carried out the operation in response to calls to target nationals of states that are part of the coalition fighting Islamic State.” Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian man with French residency status who lived in the Riviera city, drove a heavy-goods vehicle through a crowd that had gathered to watch the display on Nice’s Promenade des Anglais.
  • (17) When the road officially opens next month, the whole system will continue to be monitored carefully, but as a promenade from the tube station to the park, it is already a liberating experience.
  • (18) Take a spin around the skate park and along the promenade under the palms.
  • (19) 2.28pm GMT On land and sea and foam... A police car patrols the sea front promenade covered in foam and sea spray in Blackpool, north west England, on December 5, 2013 as high winds hit the north of England and Scotland.
  • (20) From today, it is possible to wander through St Mark's Square, cross the Rialto and promenade the waterfront of Venice's Grand Canal via your computer or smartphone.