different between mutilate vs maul

English

Etymology

From Latin mutilatus, the past participle of mutilo (“to mutilate”), itself from mutilus (“maimed”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /?mju?t?le?t/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /?mju?t?l?t/

Verb

mutilate (third-person singular simple present mutilates, present participle mutilating, simple past and past participle mutilated)

1. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
2. To destroy beyond recognition.
3. (figuratively) To render imperfect or defective.
   • 1862, George Long, translation of Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book V:

     For two reasons then it is right to be content with that which happens to thee; the one, because it was done for thee and prescribed for thee, and in a manner had reference to thee, originally from the most ancient causes spun with thy destiny; and the other, because even that which comes severally to every man is to the power which administers the universe a cause of felicity and perfection, nay even of its very continuance. For the integrity of the whole is mutilated, if thou cuttest off anything whatever from the conjunction and the continuity either of the parts or of the causes. And thou dost cut off, as far as it is in thy power, when thou art dissatisfied, and in a manner triest to put anything out of the way.

Synonyms

• maim
• mangle

Derived terms

• mutilation
• mutilative
• mutilator

Translations

Adjective

mutilate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
   • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

     mutilate and semi-bodies

2. (zoology) Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean does.

Alternative forms

• mut. (abbreviation)

See also

• amputate, amputation
• castrate, castration
• circumcise, circumcision

Anagrams

• ultimate

Italian

Verb

mutilate

1. second-person plural present indicative of mutilare
2. second-person plural imperative of mutilare
3. feminine plural of mutilato

Anagrams

• multiate
• ultimate

Latin

Verb

mutil?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of mutil?

English

Etymology

From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of malleus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??l/
• Rhymes: -??l
• Homophone: mall (one pronunciation)
• Homophone: moll (some accents)

Noun

maul (plural mauls)

1. A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
2. (rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.

Synonyms

• (weapon): club, mace

Hyponyms

• (long-handled hammer): post maul, spike maul, splitting maul
• (rugby): rolling maul

Translations

See also

• ruck
• scrum

Verb

maul (third-person singular simple present mauls, present participle mauling, simple past and past participle mauled)

1. To handle someone or something in a rough way.
2. To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).

3. (figuratively) To criticise harshly.

4. (transitive) To beat with the heavy hammer called a maul.

Translations

Related terms

• mall
• mallet

References

• maul at OneLook Dictionary Search
• maul in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Lamu, alum, luma, malu, mula

Cimbrian

Noun

maul n

1. mouth

References

• “maul” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Estonian

Noun

maul

1. adessive singular of magu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

maul

1. imperative of maule