different between fault vs outrage
fault
English
Etymology
From Middle English faute, faulte, from Anglo-Norman faute, Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita (“shortcoming”), feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fall? (“deceive”). Displaced native Middle English schuld, schuild (“fault”) (from Old English scyld (“fault”)), Middle English lac (“fault, lack”) (from Middle Dutch lak (“lack, fault”)), Middle English last (“fault, vice”) (from Old Norse l?str (“fault, vice, crime”)). Compare French faute (“fault, foul”), Portuguese falta (“lack, shortage”) and Spanish falta (“lack, absence”). More at fail, false.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??lt/, /f?lt/
- (US) IPA(key): /f?lt/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /f?lt/
- Rhymes: -??lt
Noun
fault (plural faults)
- A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
- A mistake or error.
- A weakness of character; a failing.
- A minor offense.
- Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
- (seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
- (mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
- (tennis) An illegal serve.
- (electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.
- (obsolete) want; lack
- (hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defect
Hyponyms
(seismology):
- normal fault
- reverse fault
- strike-slip fault
- thrust fault
- transform fault
Derived terms
Related terms
- default
Translations
Verb
fault (third-person singular simple present faults, present participle faulting, simple past and past participle faulted)
- (transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
- a. 1723, unknown author, The Devonshire Nymph
- For that, says he, I ne'er will fault thee / But for humbleness exalt thee.
- a. 1723, unknown author, The Devonshire Nymph
- (intransitive, geology) To fracture.
- (intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.
- (intransitive, computing) To undergo a page fault.
- 2002, Æleen Frisch, Essential system administration
- When a page is read in, a few pages surrounding the faulted page are typically loaded as well in the same I/O operation in an effort to head off future page faults.
- 2002, Æleen Frisch, Essential system administration
Translations
References
French
Verb
fault
- Obsolete spelling of faut (third-person singular present indicative of falloir)
German
Verb
fault
- inflection of faulen:
- second-person plural present
- third-person singular present
- plural imperative
fault From the web:
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- what fault occurs at a transform boundary
- what fault is a convergent boundary
outrage
English
Etymology
From Middle English outrage, from Old French outrage, oultrage (“excess”), from Late Latin *ultr?gium, *ultr?ticum ("a going beyond"), derived from Latin ultr? (“beyond”). Later reanalysed as out- +? rage, whence the contemporary pronunciation, though neither of these is etymologically related.
The verb is from Middle English outragen, from Old French oultragier.
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) IPA(key): /?a?t.?e?d??/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?æot.?æed??/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?a?t.??d??/
Noun
outrage (countable and uncountable, plural outrages)
- An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
- An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
- The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
- (obsolete) A destructive rampage. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
Verb
outrage (third-person singular simple present outrages, present participle outraging, simple past and past participle outraged)
- (transitive) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
- August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet
- Base and insolent minds […] outrage men when they have Hopes of doing it without a Return.
- 1725-1726, William Broome, Odyssey
- The interview […] outrages all the rules of decency.
- August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet
- (transitive) To inspire feelings of outrage in.
- The senator's comments outraged the community.
- (archaic, transitive) To sexually violate; to rape.
- (obsolete, transitive) To rage in excess of.
Translations
Related terms
- outrageous
References
Further reading
- outrage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- outrage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Old French oltrage
Noun
outrage m (plural outrages)
- offence, insult, contempt
- (literary) onslaught
Verb
outrage
- first-person singular present indicative of outrager
- third-person singular present indicative of outrager
- first-person singular present subjunctive of outrager
- third-person singular present subjunctive of outrager
- second-person singular imperative of outrager
Further reading
- “outrage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
outrage From the web:
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- what outrages the innocence and beauty of this earth
- what outrageous you why
- what outraged the colonists the most about the stamp act
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