different between sadden vs depress

English

Etymology

From Middle English saddenen, equivalent to sad +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæd?n/
• Rhymes: -æd?n

Verb

sadden (third-person singular simple present saddens, present participle saddening, simple past and past participle saddened)

1. (transitive) To make sad or unhappy.

2. (intransitive, rare) To become sad or unhappy.
3. (transitive, rare) To darken a color during dyeing.
4. (transitive) To render heavy or cohesive.

   • Marle's binding and sadning of land being the great Prejudice it doth to Clay-lands.

Translations

Anagrams

• dedans, desand, sanded

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?sad?den/

Verb

sadden

1. first-person singular past indicative of saddit

English

Etymology

From Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin d?pressus, perfect participle of d?prim? (“to press down, to weigh down”), from d?- (“off, away, down, out”) +? prem? (“to press”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??p??s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

depress (third-person singular simple present depresses, present participle depressing, simple past and past participle depressed)

2. To press down.

3. To make depressed, sad or bored.

4. (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.

5. To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
6. (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

Synonyms

• downbear

Derived terms

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• pressed, spersed