Oh my word Verses, Versus

Are you versed to compose verses? Versus is a conjunction that links two or more opposing things, contrasting elements, competing groups. Versus as a preposition refers to against, in opposition to: Argentina v Brazil final? Versus refers to two things that are compared to draw out who is better than the other, how they are different from another.

Versus indicates that two teams, two people, two countries, two entities among others are competing against one another to prove who is better, or superior. In sports, two people play against each other, two countries competing against each other in a sport (A cricket match between India against (versus) Pakistan attracts a large crowds in the stadium and to the television screens) two Premier League football teams playing against each other (Chelsea versus Manchester United) could fill the bars and clubs where the match is shown on the televisions.

Do we have an advantage versus the competition (moot court)? The case of Mr Sanyal v Sanyal & Sons is listed for hearing. Australia versus New Zealand cricket match attracts crowds of both nationalities in addition to their Diaspora. The Indian rupee rises and falls versus US dollar depending upon economic factors both national and international.

Versus is commonly abbreviated as vs; the abbreviated letters with or without a full stop depending upon the user, or the publisher’s housestyle. Some newspapers abbreviate versus with just one letter in lower case: ‘v’. The statistics of the matches played by England v Germany are… VS is a music band, Vs is a 2001 film.

V is also an abbreviation for verse, verso, very, vide, velocity, and indicates to the ‘v’ shape for ‘victory’. Verses! A Biblical verse: “You shall not covet your neighbour’s house, you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbour’s.”

A verse from Quran: No one knows / What is hidden / For them as / A reward for their good deeds. A Vedic verse: Inciter of all pleasant songs, inspirer O / all gracious thought, / Sarasvati accept our rite Verse is a small unit of a song, generally rhymed; a poetic form; a form of express ion with regular meter and a rhyme scheme. Its plural form is verses.

Verse as a verb refers to educating or teaching about something to someone. Are you versed in Persian? The variants of the verb ‘verse’ are verses, versed, versing. Life verses a human being with fine things: enduring and tortuous.

Kovuuri G Reddy