different between haunt vs harass
haunt
English
Alternative forms
- hant (Scotland), haint (US, dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or/and from Old English h?mettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjan? (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?ym- (“village”).
Cognate with Old English h?mettan (“to provide housing to, bring home”); related to Old English h?m (“home, village”), Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”) from the same Germanic source. Another descendant from the French is Dutch hanteren, whence German hantieren, Swedish hantera, Danish håndtere. More at home.
Pronunciation
- enPR: hônt, IPA(key): /h??nt/
- Rhymes: -??nt
- (some accents) enPR: hänt, IPA(key): /h??nt/
- Rhymes: -??nt
- (some accents for noun definition #2) enPR: h?nt, IPA(key): /hænt/
- Rhymes: -ænt
Verb
haunt (third-person singular simple present haunts, present participle haunting, simple past and past participle haunted)
- (transitive) To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
- Foul spirits haunt my resting place.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, Imitation of Horace, Book I. Ep. VII.
- those cares that haunt the court and town
- (transitive) To make uneasy, restless.
- (transitive) To stalk, to follow
- (intransitive, now rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To practise; to devote oneself to.
- 1570, Roger Ascham, The School master
- Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime.
- 1570, Roger Ascham, The School master
- (intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting.
Synonyms
- (to make uneasy): nag
- (to live habitually): live, dwell; See also Thesaurus:reside
Translations
Noun
haunt (plural haunts)
- A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.
- 1868, Louisa May Alcott, "Kitty's Class Day":
- Both Jack and Fletcher had graduated the year before, but still took an interest in their old haunts, and patronized the fellows who were not yet through.
- 1984, Timothy Loughran and Natalie Angier, "Science: Striking It Rich in Wyoming," Time, 8 Oct.:
- Wyoming has been a favorite haunt of paleontologists for the past century ever since westering pioneers reported that many vertebrate fossils were almost lying on the ground.
- 1868, Louisa May Alcott, "Kitty's Class Day":
- (dialect) A ghost.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, page 93:
- ‘Harnts don't wander much ginerally,’ he said. ‘They hand round thar own buryin'-groun' mainly.’
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, page 93:
- A feeding place for animals.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Utahn, unhat
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harass
English
Etymology
From Old French harasser (“to tire out, to vex”), of obscure origin, perhaps from Old French harer (“to stir up, provoke, set a dog on”) and/or Old French harier (“to harry”); see harry; compare Old French harace (“a basket made of cords”), harace, harasse (“a very heavy and large shield”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: h?r?s?, h??r?s, IPA(key): /h???æs/, /?hæ??s/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: h??r?s, h?r?s?, IPA(key): /?hæ??s/, /h???æs/
- Rhymes: -æs
- Rhymes: -ær?s
Verb
harass (third-person singular simple present harasses, present participle harassing, simple past and past participle harassed)
- To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.
- To annoy endlessly or systematically.
- Synonyms: beset, chevy, hassle, harry, molest, plague, provoke
- 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 23[1]
- In my old home, I always knew that John and my master were my friends; but here, although in many ways I was well treated, I had no friend. York might have known, and very likely did know, how that rein harassed me; but I suppose he took it as a matter of course that could not be helped; at any rate nothing was done to relieve me.
- To put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties.
Derived terms
- harasser
- harassful
- harassment
Translations
Noun
harass
- (obsolete) devastation; waste
- (obsolete) worry; harassment
- The daily harass, and the fight delay'd
Further reading
- harass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- harass in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- hassar
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