different between daunt vs depress
daunt
English
Etymology
From Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin domit? (“tame”, verb), frequentative of Latin dom? (“tame, conquer”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *demh?- (“to domesticate, tame”). Doublet of dompt.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??nt/
- (some accents) IPA(key): /d??nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?nt/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /d?nt/
- Rhymes: -??nt, -??nt
Verb
daunt (third-person singular simple present daunts, present participle daunting, simple past and past participle daunted)
- (transitive) To discourage, intimidate.
- (transitive) To overwhelm.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Dutan
Middle English
Verb
daunt
- Alternative form of daunten
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depress
English
Etymology
From Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin d?pressus, perfect participle of d?prim? (“to press down, to weigh down”), from d?- (“off, away, down, out”) +? prem? (“to press”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??p??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
depress (third-person singular simple present depresses, present participle depressing, simple past and past participle depressed)
- To press down.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
Synonyms
- downbear
Derived terms
Translations
References
- depress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- depress in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- pressed, spersed
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