different between railing vs diatribe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?l??/
• Rhymes: -e?l??

Noun

railing (plural railings)

1. A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.

   During the war, everyone's railings were taken away to make bombers.

Usage notes

British use is normally the plural.

Derived terms

• hand railing is in place to provide guidance on stairs or in corridors.
• guard railing is in place to prevent accidental falls from an elevated area.

Translations

Verb

railing

1. present participle of rail

Anagrams

• airling, glairin, lairing, nargili

English

Etymology

First attested 1581, borrowed from French diatribe, from Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (diatrib?, “way of spending time, lecture”), from ??? (diá, “through”) + ????? (tríb?, “I waste, wear out”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?.??t?a?b/

Noun

diatribe (plural diatribes)

1. An abusive, bitter, attack or criticism: denunciation.
2. A prolonged discourse.
3. A speech or writing which bitterly denounces something.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:diatribe

Derived terms

• diatribal

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (diatrib?, “way of spending time, lecture”), from ??? (diá, “through”) + ????? (tríb?, “I waste, wear out”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja.t?ib/
• Rhymes: -ib

Noun

diatribe f (plural diatribes)

1. diatribe (abusive, bitter discourse)

Descendants

• English: diatribe
• Portuguese: diatribe
• Spanish: diatriba

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

diatribe f

1. plural of diatriba

Anagrams

• ibridate
• ribadite

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French diatribe.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di?a?tri?be

Noun

diatribe f (plural diatribes)

1. diatribe (bitter denunciation)

   Synonyms: catilinária, injúria

2. diatribe (prolongued discourse)