different between depress vs deter

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)

2. To press down.

3. To make depressed, sad or bored.

4. (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.

5. To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
6. (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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?terre? (“deter, discourage”), from de (“from”) + terre? (“I frighten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??t??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(r)

Verb

deter (third-person singular simple present deters, present participle deterring, simple past and past participle deterred)

1. (transitive) To prevent something from happening.
2. (transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

3. (transitive) To distract someone from something.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.

     we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise

Synonyms

• (To persuade someone to not do something): dissuade

Related terms

• deterrent
• deterrence

Translations

Further reading

• deter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deter in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• deter at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• treed

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese det?er, from Latin d?tin?re, present active infinitive of d?tine? (“detain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [de?te?]

Verb

deter (first-person singular present deteño, first-person singular preterite detiven, past participle detido)

1. to detain, stop
2. to stay
3. to arrest

Conjugation

Related terms

References

• “deteer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “detee” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “deter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “deter” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “deter” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese det?er, from Latin d?tin?re, present active infinitive of d?tine? (“detain”).

Verb

deter (first-person singular present indicative detenho, past participle detido)

1. to stop, arrest, detain, restrain
2. to deter
3. to withhold

Conjugation

Related terms

• detenção
• ter