different between afflict vs harrass

English

Etymology

From Old French aflicter, from Latin afflictare (“to damage, harass, torment”), frequentative of affligere (“to dash down, overthrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fl?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt
• Hyphenation: af?flict

Verb

afflict (third-person singular simple present afflicts, present participle afflicting, simple past and past participle afflicted)

1. (transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
2. (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
3. (obsolete) To make low or humble.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

   • 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living

     Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth.

Related terms

• affliction
• afflictive

Translations

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fl?k(t)/

Verb

afflict (third-person singular present afflicts, present participle afflictin, past afflictit, past participle afflictit)

1. to afflict

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Verb

harrass (third-person singular simple present harrasses, present participle harrassing, simple past and past participle harrassed)

1. Obsolete spelling of harass, now a common misspelling.

Quotations

• 1829 Jared Sparks - The Correspondence of the American Revolution

  If the Americans have horse well trained to the woods, it will harrass such an army infinitely