different between revile vs asperse

English

Etymology

From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???va?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Verb

revile (third-person singular simple present reviles, present participle reviling, simple past and past participle reviled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language.

   • who, when he was reviled, reviled not again

Synonyms

• calumniate
• reproach
• scold
• vilify
• vituperate

Translations

Noun

revile (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) reproach; reviling

Translations

Further reading

• revile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• revile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• eviler, levier, liever, relive, veiler

English

Etymology

From Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??sp??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??sp?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Verb

asperse (third-person singular simple present asperses, present participle aspersing, simple past and past participle aspersed)

1. To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
2. To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.

   • This is indeed a most aggravating circumstance, which attends depriving men unjustly of their reputation; for a man who is conscious of having an ill character, cannot justly be angry with those who neglect and slight him; but ought rather to despise such as affect his conversation, unless where a perfect intimacy must have convinced them that their friend’s character hath been falsely and injuriously aspersed.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:defame

Translations

Anagrams

• Parsees, pareses, preases, preasse, seprase, serapes

Italian

Verb

asperse

1. third-person singular past historic of aspergere

asperse

1. feminine plural of asperso

Anagrams

• esparse
• paresse
• passere
• spesare
• speserà

Latin

Participle

asperse

1. vocative masculine singular of aspersus