Pageant vs. Parade

Pageantnoun

An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.

Paradenoun

An organized procession consisting of a series of consecutive displays, performances, exhibits, etc. displayed by moving down a street past a crowd of spectators.

‘a Veterans Day parade; a Santa Claus parade; a May Day parade’; ‘The floats and horses in the parade were impressive, but the marching bands were really amazing.’;

Pageantnoun

A spectacular ceremony.

Paradenoun

(dated) A procession of people moving down a street, organized to protest something.

Pageantnoun

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Paradenoun

Any succession, series, or display of items.

‘a parade of shops’; ‘The dinner was a parade of courses, each featuring foods more elaborate than the last.’;

Pageantnoun

(obsolete) A wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc.

Paradenoun

A line of goslings led by one parent and often trailed by the other.

Pageantverb

To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.

Paradenoun

Pompous show; formal display or exhibition; outward show (as opposed to substance).

Pageantnoun

A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.

‘To see sad pageants of men's miseries.’;

Paradenoun

(military) An assembling of troops for inspection or to receive orders.

Pageantnoun

An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display.

‘The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day!’; ‘We love the man, the paltry pageant you.’;

Paradenoun

(obsolete) Posture of defense; guard.

Pageantadjective

Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular.

Paradenoun

The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.

Pageantverb

To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.

Paradenoun

A public walk; a promenade; now used in street names.

‘He was parked on Chester Parade.’;

Pageantnoun

an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes

Paradenoun

A term of venery denoting a herd of elephants on the move.

Pageantnoun

a rich and spectacular ceremony

Paradeverb

(intransitive) To march in or as if in a procession.

‘They paraded around the field, simply to show their discipline.’;

Paradeverb

(transitive) To cause (someone) to march in or as if in a procession; to display or show (something) during a procession.

‘They paraded dozens of fashions past the crowd.’;

Paradeverb

(transitive) To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner.

Paradeverb

(transitive) To march past.

‘After the field show, it is customary to parade the stands before exiting the field.’;

Paradeverb

(transitive) To march through or along; (of a vehicle) to move slowly through or along.

Paradeverb

To assemble to receive orders.

Paradeverb

To assemble (soldiers, sailors) for inspection, to receive orders, etc.

Paradeverb

To march in a line led by one parent and often trailed by the other.

Paradenoun

The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled. Also called parade ground.

Paradenoun

An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled.

Paradenoun

Any imposing procession; the movement of any group of people marshaled in military order, especially a festive public procession, which may include a marching band, persons in varied costume, vehicles with elaborate displays, and other forms of entertainment, held in commemoration or celebration of an event or in honor of a person or persons; as, a parade of firemen; a Thanksgiving Day parade; a Memorial Day parade; a ticker-tape parade.

‘In state returned the grand parade.’;

Paradenoun

A pompous show; a formal or ostentatious display or exhibition.

‘Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade.’;

Paradenoun

Posture of defense; guard.

‘When they are not in parade, and upon their guard.’;

Paradenoun

A public walk; a promenade.

Paradeverb

To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.

‘Parading all her sensibility.’;

Paradeverb

To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.

Paradeverb

To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.

Paradeverb

To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review or in a public celebratory parade{3}.

Paradenoun

a ceremonial procession including people marching

Paradenoun

an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things;

‘a parade of strollers on the mall’; ‘a parade of witnesses’;

Paradenoun

a visible display;

‘she made a parade of her sorrows’;

Paradeverb

walk ostentatiously;

‘She parades her new husband around town’;

Paradeverb

march in a procession;

‘the veterans paraded down the street’;

Parade

A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats, or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually celebrations of some kind.