different between bandish vs brandish
bandish
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ænd??
Etymology 1
Verb
bandish (third-person singular simple present bandishes, present participle bandishing, simple past and past participle bandished)
- To tie something.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hindi [Term?], meaning "binding together".
Noun
bandish (plural bandishes)
- A composition in Hindustani classical music.
Anagrams
- banish'd
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brandish
English
Etymology
From Middle English braundischen, from Old French brandiss-, stem of brandir (“to flourish a sword”), from Frankish *brandijan, from Frankish *brand (“firebrand; sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“fire; flame; sword”), whence Old English brand (“firebrand; torch”); equivalent to brand +? -ish. More at brand.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?ænd??/
- Rhymes: -ænd??
Verb
brandish (third-person singular simple present brandishes, present participle brandishing, simple past and past participle brandished)
- (transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.
- He brandished his sword at the pirates.
- 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay
- the quivering lance which he brandished bright
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- Back, he spurred like a madman, shouting a curse to the sky,
- With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high!
- Blood-red were his spurs i' the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat,
- (transitive) To bear something with ostentatious show.
- to brandish syllogisms
- 2011, Jejomar C. Binay, Binay: Blame corruption on modern consumerism, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, [1]:
- It sets the stage for cutting corners in our principles just so we can brandish a perceived badge of stature.
Synonyms
- flourish, wave
Translations
Noun
brandish (plural brandishes)
- The act of flourishing or waving.
Synonyms
- flourish
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