different between erode vs exode

English

Etymology

From French éroder, from Latin erodere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????d/, /???o?d/
• Rhymes: -??d, -o?d

Verb

erode (third-person singular simple present erodes, present participle eroding, simple past and past participle eroded)

1. To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction.
2. (figuratively) To destroy gradually by an ongoing process.

   to erode a person's trust

Related terms

• erosion

Translations

Anagrams

• doree

Italian

Verb

erode

1. third-person singular present indicative of erodere

Latin

Verb

?r?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?r?d?

Portuguese

Verb

erode

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of erodir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of erodir

English

Etymology

From Latin exodium.

Noun

exode (plural exodes)

1. (obsolete) departure; exodus, especially the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bolingbroke to this entry?)

   • 1868, Lyman Coleman, An Historical Text Book and Atlas of Biblical Geography (page 45)

     Moreover, the continuation of the Mosaic Dispensation from the Exode, 1586, to the burning of the second temple, A.D. 70 = 1656, is exactly the period before the Flood.

2. (Ancient Greek drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe.
3. (historical, Ancient Rome) A comic afterpiece, either a farce or a travesty.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin exodus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (éxodos, “expedition, departure”), from ?? (ex, “out”) + ???? (hodós, “path, road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.z?d/

Noun

exode m (plural exodes)

1. exodus
   • 1991, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence

     Il s'agit d'une possibilité envisagée, et si l'on prend des mesures, je ne crois pas cela provoquerait un exode massif de sociétés canadiennes.

Derived terms

• exode des capitaux m
• exode des cerveaux m

Further reading

• “exode” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).