different between ogle vs peruse

English

Alternative forms

• oggle
• augle (Northern England)

Etymology

Probably from

• Dutch, from Middle Dutch *ooghelen, oeghelen (“to ogle”), frequentative form of oogen (“to look at”), from oge (“eye”),
• or from Low German oegeln, frequentative of oegen (“to look at”), from Oog (“eye”).

Compare German äugeln (“to ogle”). More at eye, -le.

Pronunciation

• (UK): enPR: ??g?l, IPA^(key): /?????l/ or (nonstandard, perhaps by analogy with goggle) enPR: ?g??l, IPA^(key): /????l/
• (US): enPR: ??g?l, IPA^(key): /?o???l/, /????l/
• Rhymes: -????l, -???l

Verb

ogle (third-person singular simple present ogles, present participle ogling, simple past and past participle ogled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.

Translations

Noun

ogle (plural ogles)

1. An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.
2. (Polari, usually in the plural) An eye.

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• Goel, LEGO, Lego, Loge, goel, lego, loge

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (dialectal forms) oglis

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *an?glís, from Proto-Indo-European *h?óng?l? (“coal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ùo?l?]

Noun

ogle f (5th declension)

1. charcoal (partially burnt organic materials, usually wood)

2. (syn. akme?ogle) coal (mineral deposits, used as industrial fuel)

Declension

Derived terms

• akme?ogle
• ogleklis

References

Slovene

Noun

ógle

1. accusative plural of ogel

English

Etymology

From per- +? use, from either Medieval Latin (peruti, perusitare (“wear out”)) or Anglo-Norman (peruser (“use up”)), originally leading to two concurrent meanings, but only those derived from "to examine" survive today.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /p???u?z/
• Rhymes: -u?z

Verb

peruse (third-person singular simple present peruses, present participle perusing, simple past and past participle perused)

1. (transitive) To examine or consider with care.
2. (transitive) To read completely.
3. (transitive, informal) To look over casually; to skim.
4. (intransitive, regional) To go from place to place; to wander.

Usage notes

• The sense of "skimming" is proscribed by some authorities on usage, including the Oxford American Dictionary. The shift, however, is not dissimilar to that found in scan, and thus, interestingly, peruse and scan are a synonym pair in which each is a contranym meaning either "to read carefully" or "to read hastily". To avoid ambiguity—and reader annoyance—careful writers may prefer skim when skimming is meant or scrutinize when care is meant. The Oxford English Dictionary further notes that the word peruse was used as a general synonym for read as far back as the 16th century.

Derived terms

• perusable
• perusal
• peruser

Translations

Noun

peruse (plural peruses)

1. An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.
   • 2008, Dave Robson, "Hi-tea, low cost!", Evening Gazette online, September 12,

     A peruse of the website looked promising […]

Translations

Anagrams

• persue, purees, purées, rupees

Latin

Participle

peruse

1. vocative masculine singular of perusus