different between purger vs urger

English

Etymology

purge +? -er

Pronunciation

• Homophone: perjure

Noun

purger (plural purgers)

1. One who, or that which, purges or cleanses.
   1. A cathartic medicine.
      • 1728, Of Bathing in the Hot-baths, at Bathe

        The Aix-la-Chapelle Waters are drunk at this Day, more as Purgers, and Preparatives for the Spaw, […]

Synonyms

• purgative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py?.?e/

Verb

purger

1. (medicine) to purge
2. (law) to serve (a sentence)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written purge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Further reading

• “purger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

p?rger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of p?rg?

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• purgar

Etymology

From German Bürger

Noun

p?rger m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. burgher
2. a citizen of Zagreb
3. (derogatory) a member of the Bad Blue Boys ultras

Related terms

• gra?anin

English

Etymology

urge +? -er

Noun

urger (plural urgers)

1. One who urges.
   • 1844, Andrew Stevenson, The history of the church and state of Scotland (page 195)

     […] the contrivers, maintainers, and urgers of the service-book, and other grievous innovations […]

Anagrams

• Ruger, regur

French

Etymology

Back-formation from urgent; compare Latin urge?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y?.?e/

Verb

urger

1. (usually impersonal, informal) To be urgent.

   Dépêche-toi, ça urge ! — Hurry up, it's urgent!

   Synonym: presser

Usage notes

• Do not confuse this verb with English to urge, which is usually transitive and has an active subject.

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written urge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.Personal forms are occasionally found, and conjugate like manger.

Further reading

• “urger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).