The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139000   Message #3186625
Posted By: artbrooks
13-Jul-11 - 08:36 AM
Thread Name: BS: More on transAtlantic distinctions
Subject: RE: BS: More on transAtlantic distinctions
My American Webster's dictionary (1988) has both words. Careen has both the nautical meaning (first) and "lurch from side to side". Career has "profession" as the noun meaning and "rush wildly" when used as a verb.