different between nymph vs pervert

English

Alternative forms

• nymphe (rare or archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English nimphe, from French nimphe, from Latin nympha (“nymph, bride”), from Ancient Greek ????? (númph?, “bride”). Doublet of nympha.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?n?mf/

Noun

nymph (plural nymphs or nymphæ)

1. (Greek, Roman) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.
2. A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful.

   Synonyms: lolita, nymphet, nymphette

3. (entomology) The larva of certain insects.

   Synonyms: instar, naiad

4. (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.

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See also

• alseid, auloniad, crinaeae, limnade, meliae, napaeae, oceanids, oreads, pegaeae
• dryads, hamadryads, naiads, nereids
• Hesperides

English

Etymology

From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervert?.

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??v??t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?p??v??t/
• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /p??v??t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /p??v?t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Noun

pervert (plural perverts)

1. (dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.
2. A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.

   Synonym: (slang) perv

   Antonyms: normophile, (religious) convert

   • 1951, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 24:

     I know more damn perverts, at schools and all, than anybody you ever met, and they're always being perverty when I'm around.

Usage notes

• In contemporary usage, pervert is usually understood to refer to a sexually perverted person. Traditionally the word was mainly associated with persons of false religious beliefs.

Translations

Verb

pervert (third-person singular simple present perverts, present participle perverting, simple past and past participle perverted)

1. (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.

   Synonyms: divert, steer, veer
2. (transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure

   Synonyms: corrupt, lead astray
3. To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose

   Synonyms: misapply, misuse

4. to misinterpret designedly.

   Synonym: twist

5. (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
   • Template:RQ:Usk Testament of Love

     After that worde, "better is it to dey than lyve false," and al wolde perverted people false reporte make

Translations

Related terms

• perverse
• perversion

Anagrams

• prevert

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Latin verb pervertere "to overturn" or "to subvert".

Noun

pervert f

1. a pervert

Synonyms

• perri m
• öfuggi m