different between entreaty vs begging

English

Alternative forms

• intreaty (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?t?i?ti/, /?n?t?i?ti/, /?n?t?i?ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?t?i?ti/, /?n?t?i?ti/, /?n?t?i?ti/
• Rhymes: -i?ti

Noun

entreaty (countable and uncountable, plural entreaties)

1. The act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.
   • 1779, William Ward, An Essay on Grammar as it may be applied to the English Language, New Edition, page 202,

     In all commands or entreaties, the ?tate commanded, or entreated, mu?t be contingent; i. e. capable of being, or not being, as the command or entreaty expre??es it.

   • 1964 October, P. F. Strawson, Intention and Convention in Speech Acts, The Philosophical Review, Volume 73, Number 4, page 444,

     We can readily imagine circumstances in which an utterance of the words "Don't go" would be correctly described not as a request or an order, but as an entreaty.

   • 2002, N. P. Unni, Makers of Indian Literature: Amaruka, Sahitya Akademi, page 32,

     The entreaties of a lover and the rejection of the heroine lend charm to the stanza.

2. (archaic) A treatment; reception; entertainment.

Related terms

• entreat

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b????/
• Rhymes: -????

Etymology 1

From Middle English begging, beggyng, beggynge, equivalent to beg +? -ing (gerund ending).

Noun

begging (plural beggings)

1. The act of one who begs.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English beggin, beggyn, beggyng, (also beggand), present participle of beggen (“to beg”), equivalent to beg +? -ing (participle ending).

Verb

begging

1. present participle of beg

Derived terms