different between disrobe vs denude

English

Etymology

From Middle French desrober, from des- (“dis-”) + rober.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s????b/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?s??o?b/
• Rhymes: -??b

Verb

disrobe (third-person singular simple present disrobes, present participle disrobing, simple past and past participle disrobed)

1. (transitive) To undress someone or something.

   Synonyms: dismantle, divest, strip, unclothe, uncover, undress
2. (intransitive) To undress oneself.

   Synonyms: strip, get undressed

   • 1977 May 18, Ken Murrah, "'Champagne Complex' Is Simply Hilarious" in The Daily Press

     It concerns a young woman (played by Wendy Rieger) with a rather curious problem: she starts to disrobe every time she drinks champagne.

Derived terms

• disrobement

Translations

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• Brodies, beroids, boreids, borides, brodies

English

Etymology

From Middle French dénuder, from Latin d?n?d?re, from d?- + n?dus (“bare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??nju?d/
• Hyphenation: de?nude
• Rhymes: -u?d

Verb

denude (third-person singular simple present denudes, present participle denuding, simple past and past participle denuded)

1. To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.

Translations

See also

• disrobe
• uncover

Anagrams

• Dundee, dudeen, duende, endued

Spanish

Verb

denude

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of denudar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of denudar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of denudar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of denudar.