What's the difference between muse and parnassus?

Muse


Definition:

  • (n.) A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
  • (n.) One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; -- often used in the plural.
  • (n.) A particular power and practice of poetry.
  • (n.) A poet; a bard.
  • (n.) To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.
  • (n.) To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study.
  • (n.) To wonder.
  • (v. t.) To think on; to meditate on.
  • (v. t.) To wonder at.
  • (n.) Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.
  • (n.) Wonder, or admiration.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Rather than his extensive musings on art and politics, Morris is perhaps better known for his wallpaper and fabric designs of the late Victorian period.
  • (2) But if you have less financial support, that difference does hit you.” “As a generation, I don’t think we take enough interest in what’s going on,” she muses.
  • (3) There’s something rather Churchillian about him,” mused one of David Davis’s admirers in a recent TV profile.
  • (4) I might play him at centre-forward next time,” Hodgson mused.
  • (5) Cotton's interview with Paloma Faith on Tuesday in which the singer plugged her latest recording and mused about royal memorabilia such as a diamond jubilee sick bag has attracted particular criticism.
  • (6) Chris – lassoed from a parallel universe where Tom Cruise gave Hollywood a swerve to focus on taking his guitar-alt-musings to open mic spots instead – looks on, coldly dissecting technique and cutting to seduction tips.
  • (7) When the narrative voice ventriloquises the metamorphosed Gregor to muse "Was he an animal if music could captivate him so?
  • (8) Asked about the status of his own job, the press secretary joked “I’m right here”, telling reporters, in a belligerent line that could have been uttered by his impersonator Melissa McCarthy: “You can keep taking your selfies.” The president was busy sowing confusion by trying a new passive-aggressive tone on Twitter , musing: “While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out.
  • (9) At first Sabry was just talking to his friends, posting idiosyncratic yarns or musings that gently push at social mores.
  • (10) With respect to the MUSE 11 antigen, positive incidence was found in 17 out of 26 pancreatic cancer patients (65%), and in 1 out of 13 chronic pancreatitis patients (8%).
  • (11) He muses that they may not have found the right approach.
  • (12) In the end it's maybe just cultural differences and an ability to align personal with corporate longer term goals," he muses.
  • (13) The cover art for the Cranberries' Bury the Hatchet (1999) was an evocation of paranoia – a giant eye bearing down on a crouching figure – that did neither band nor artist many favours; his image for Muse's Black Holes and Revelations (2006) amounted to a thin revival of his work for the Floyd that, if you were being generous, suggested a wry comment on that band's unconvincing attempts to revive the excesses of 1970s progressive rock.
  • (14) This article contains personal and professional musings on becoming and being an old woman.
  • (15) Twin muses of Liam Gallagher and Jimi Hendrix added up to louche tailoring, flower prints and urban staples like a swagger-tastic Gallagher parka.
  • (16) Mixed into that are musings on Darwin and the Catholic church, a tender reflection on the death of her dog Lolabelle, and more than a few corny jokes, delivered with her hypnotic, almost disbelieving pitch.
  • (17) But sadly, mainstream music culture has always thrived on competition, creating what the media always calls "catfights", says Kristin Hersh, now a solo artist, but in the 80s the frontwoman of the influential American band Throwing Muses.
  • (18) But then you might been seen as a separatist,” the presenter mused.
  • (19) And last week, he let his exasperation be known on Twitter – first taking aim at the Washington Post for quoting anonymous sources while musing about his future and then chastising NBC’s Today show for producing a political package from a tour he took of an embattled housing complex in Jacksonville, Florida, subsidized by the federal government.
  • (20) He mused: "It's a unique opportunity for a journalist to be in this environment.

Parnassus


Definition:

  • (n.) A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He quickly caught the eye of Hollywood royalty and was subsequently cast in Robert Redford's Lions for Lambs, and Terry Gilliam's fantastical, indulgent The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
  • (2) For good measure, he also discussed his new movie, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which was similarly thrown into chaos following the untimely death of Heath Ledger .

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