advance vs court difference
What exactly is the (subtle) difference between a courtship and an advancement?
I've been doing a reading comprehension exercise, in which a question contains the following options:
b) a father is disturbed when an employee begins a courtship with his daughter.
d) a father contemplates firing a young man for advancing on his daughter.
In the passage, the father is disturbed and does contemplate firing the guy. However, I've always thought that courting and advancing mean the same, so I'm not sure how to differentiate between the two answers. Could someone help me with this?
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What exactly is the (subtle) difference between a courtship and an advancement?
I've been doing a reading comprehension exercise, in which a question contains the following options:
b) a father is disturbed when an employee begins a courtship with his daughter.
d) a father contemplates firing a young man for advancing on his daughter.
In the passage, the father is disturbed and does contemplate firing the guy. However, I've always thought that courting and advancing mean the same, so I'm not sure how to differentiate between the two answers. Could someone help me with this?
meaning synonyms vocabulary
asked 2 hours ago
jjhh
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Are you sure it's not making advances?
– Jason Bassford
2 hours ago
for the answers b) and d), I've written things out exactly as it says in the book...
– jjhh
2 hours ago
1
What is the book? Other variations are making a move, moving in on, and taking liberties. Making advances is common—but I've never heard anybody use just advancing. (It sounds like a poor translation of the more normal phrases.) In any case, assuming I can draw a parallel, courting is normally associated with a permanent romantic relationship, while the other is more about just a temporary physical relationship.
– Jason Bassford
2 hours ago
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What exactly is the (subtle) difference between a courtship and an advancement?
I've been doing a reading comprehension exercise, in which a question contains the following options:
b) a father is disturbed when an employee begins a courtship with his daughter.
d) a father contemplates firing a young man for advancing on his daughter.
In the passage, the father is disturbed and does contemplate firing the guy. However, I've always thought that courting and advancing mean the same, so I'm not sure how to differentiate between the two answers. Could someone help me with this?
meaning synonyms vocabulary
asked 2 hours ago
jjhh
1042
What exactly is the (subtle) difference between a courtship and an advancement?
I've been doing a reading comprehension exercise, in which a question contains the following options:
b) a father is disturbed when an employee begins a courtship with his daughter.
d) a father contemplates firing a young man for advancing on his daughter.
In the passage, the father is disturbed and does contemplate firing the guy. However, I've always thought that courting and advancing mean the same, so I'm not sure how to differentiate between the two answers. Could someone help me with this?
meaning synonyms vocabulary
meaning synonyms vocabulary
asked 2 hours ago
jjhh
1042
asked 2 hours ago
jjhh
1042
asked 2 hours ago
jjhh
1042
asked 2 hours ago
jjhh
1042
asked 2 hours ago
jjhh
1042
1042
1
Are you sure it's not making advances?
– Jason Bassford
2 hours ago
for the answers b) and d), I've written things out exactly as it says in the book...
– jjhh
2 hours ago
1
What is the book? Other variations are making a move, moving in on, and taking liberties. Making advances is common—but I've never heard anybody use just advancing. (It sounds like a poor translation of the more normal phrases.) In any case, assuming I can draw a parallel, courting is normally associated with a permanent romantic relationship, while the other is more about just a temporary physical relationship.
– Jason Bassford
2 hours ago
add a comment |
1
Are you sure it's not making advances?
– Jason Bassford
2 hours ago
for the answers b) and d), I've written things out exactly as it says in the book...
– jjhh
2 hours ago
1
What is the book? Other variations are making a move, moving in on, and taking liberties. Making advances is common—but I've never heard anybody use just advancing. (It sounds like a poor translation of the more normal phrases.) In any case, assuming I can draw a parallel, courting is normally associated with a permanent romantic relationship, while the other is more about just a temporary physical relationship.
– Jason Bassford
2 hours ago
1
1
Are you sure it's not making advances?
– Jason Bassford
2 hours ago
Are you sure it's not making advances?
– Jason Bassford
2 hours ago
for the answers b) and d), I've written things out exactly as it says in the book...
– jjhh
2 hours ago
for the answers b) and d), I've written things out exactly as it says in the book...
– jjhh
2 hours ago
1
1
What is the book? Other variations are making a move, moving in on, and taking liberties. Making advances is common—but I've never heard anybody use just advancing. (It sounds like a poor translation of the more normal phrases.) In any case, assuming I can draw a parallel, courting is normally associated with a permanent romantic relationship, while the other is more about just a temporary physical relationship.
– Jason Bassford
2 hours ago
What is the book? Other variations are making a move, moving in on, and taking liberties. Making advances is common—but I've never heard anybody use just advancing. (It sounds like a poor translation of the more normal phrases.) In any case, assuming I can draw a parallel, courting is normally associated with a permanent romantic relationship, while the other is more about just a temporary physical relationship.
– Jason Bassford
2 hours ago
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Are you sure it's not making advances?
– Jason Bassford
2 hours ago
for the answers b) and d), I've written things out exactly as it says in the book...
– jjhh
2 hours ago
1
What is the book? Other variations are making a move, moving in on, and taking liberties. Making advances is common—but I've never heard anybody use just advancing. (It sounds like a poor translation of the more normal phrases.) In any case, assuming I can draw a parallel, courting is normally associated with a permanent romantic relationship, while the other is more about just a temporary physical relationship.
– Jason Bassford
2 hours ago