different between outset vs infancy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?ts?t/

Etymology 1

From out- +? set, replacing earlier outsetting.

Noun

outset (plural outsets)

1. The beginning or initial stage of something. [from 1759]

   He agreed and understood from the outset, so don't bother explaining again.

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “outset”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Etymology 2

From out- +? set.

Verb

outset (third-person singular simple present outsets, present participle outsetting, simple past and past participle outset)

1. (Internet, CSS, transitive) To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.

Anagrams

• Stoute, Tetsuo, set out, setout

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nfantia (“infancy, early childhood; childishness”), equivalent to infant +? -cy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nf?nsi/

Noun

infancy (countable and uncountable, plural infancies)

1. The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).
2. The state of being an infant.
3. (figuratively) An early stage in the development of anything.

   Space tourism is still in its infancy.

4. (law) The state of being a minor.

Synonyms

(earliest period of childhood):

• infanthood
• babyhood

(state of being an infant):

• babyship

(state of being a minor):

• infanthood

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