different between digress vs deflect
digress
English
Etymology
From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: di?gress
- IPA(key): /da?????s/, /d?????s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
digress (third-person singular simple present digresses, present participle digressing, simple past and past participle digressed)
- (intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
- Moreover she beginneth to digress in latitude.
- In the pursuit of an argument there is hardly room to digress into a particular definition as often as a man varies the signification of any term.
- (intransitive) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Act 5 Scene 3
- Thy overflow of good converts to bad;
And thy abundant goodness shall excuse
This deadly blot in thy digressing son.
- Thy overflow of good converts to bad;
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Act 5 Scene 3
Usage notes
Often heard in the set phrase But I digress, where the word behaves as a stative verb, whereas it otherwise patterns as a dynamic verb.
Synonyms
- (turn from the course of argument): sidetrack
Related terms
- digression
- digressive
- excursive
Translations
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deflect
English
Etymology
From Latin deflecto, from de- + flecto (“to bend”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??fl?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
deflect (third-person singular simple present deflects, present participle deflecting, simple past and past participle deflected)
- (transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path.
- (transitive, ball games) To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players.
- (intransitive) To deviate from its original path.
- (transitive, figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
- Synonym: elude
- The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
- (transitive, figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).
- 2013, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013)[1]
- Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.
- 2013, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013)[1]
Derived terms
- deflector
Related terms
- deflection
Translations
Anagrams
- clefted
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- what reflects light
- what deflects bullets
- what deflects electricity
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