different between scruple vs protest

English

Etymology

From Old French scrupule, from Latin scr?pulus (“(literally) a small sharp or pointed stone; the twenty-fourth part of an ounce; uneasiness of mind, anxiety, doubt, trouble; scruple”), diminutive of scr?pus (“a rough or sharp stone; anxiety, uneasiness”); perhaps akin to Ancient Greek ?????? (skúros, “the chippings of stone”), from ????? (xurón, “razor”), from ??? (xú?, “to scrape”), from Proto-Indo-European *ksunyo-.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sk?u?p?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sk?up?l/
• Rhymes: -u?p?l
• Hyphenation: scru?ple

Noun

scruple (plural scruples)

1. (pharmacy) A weight of ¹?₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ?).

   Synonym: (abbreviation) s.ap.
2. (obsolete, by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:modicum
3. (obsolete) A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
4. Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
5. A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹?₁₀₈₀ hour.

Derived terms

• scrupleless
• scrupulosity
• scrupulous
• scrupulously
• scrupulousness
• unscrupulous
• unscrupulously
• unscrupulousness

Translations

Verb

scruple (third-person singular simple present scruples, present participle scrupling, simple past and past participle scrupled)

1. (intransitive) To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
2. (intransitive) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
3. (transitive) To regard with suspicion; to question.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• curples

English

Etymology

From the Middle English verb protesten, from Old French protester, from Latin pr?test?r?, present active infinitive of pr?testor, from pr? + testor, from testis (“witness”).

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p???.t?st/
• (US) enPR: pr??t?st, IPA^(key): /?p?o?.t?st/
• Hyphenation: pro?test

Verb

• enPR: pr?.t?st?, IPA^(key): /p???t?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: pro?test

Verb

protest (third-person singular simple present protests, present participle protesting, simple past and past participle protested)

1. (intransitive) To make a strong objection.
2. (transitive) To affirm (something).
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

     Our youth, now, emboldened with his success, resolved to push the matter farther, and ventured even to beg her recommendation of him to her father's service; protesting that he thought him one of the honestest fellows in the country, and extremely well qualified for the place of a gamekeeper, which luckily then happened to be vacant.

   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, Ch.8

     She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.

3. (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To object to.

4. To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
5. (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To publish; to make known.

Translations

Noun

protest (countable and uncountable, plural protests)

1. A formal objection, especially one by a group.

2. A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.

3. The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
4. A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.

Synonyms

• dissent
• objection
• protestation

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Potters, potters, spotter, strepto, strepto-

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?prot?st]

Noun

protest m

1. protest

Related terms

• protestní
• protestovat
• protestant
• protestantismus
• protestantský
• protestantství

Further reading

• protest in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• protest in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin protest?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro??t?st/
• Hyphenation: pro?test
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

protest n (plural protesten, diminutive protestje n)

1. protest (occasion to express dissatisfaction)
2. protest (expression of disagreement)

Hyponyms

• betoging
• demonstratie

Derived terms

Related terms

• protestant
• protesteren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: protes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin protestari, as for protestere

Noun

protest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protester, definite plural protestene)

1. a protest

Derived terms

• protestmarsj

Related terms

• protestere

References

• “protest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin protestari

Noun

protest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protestar, definite plural protestane)

1. a protest

Derived terms

• protestmarsj

References

• “protest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From German Protest, from Italian protesto, from Latin pr?test?r?, present active infinitive of pr?testor, from pr? + testor, from testis (“witness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pr?.t?st/

Noun

protest m inan

1. (law) protest (formal objection)
2. protest (demonstration)

Declension

Synonyms

• demonstracja

Related terms

• protestant, protestantka
• protestowa?, zaprotestowa?

Further reading

• protest in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• protest in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Back-formation from protesta

Noun

protest n (plural proteste)

1. protest

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Protest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr?test/
• Hyphenation: pro?test

Noun

pròtest m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. protest

Declension

Synonyms

• pròsvjed

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

protest c

1. protest

Declension

Related terms

• protestera
• protestant

Anagrams

• torpets

Welsh

Etymology

From English protest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pr?t?sd/, [?pr???t??st]

Noun

protest f (plural protestiadau or protestadau)

1. protest, demonstration (collective gesture of disapproval)

   Synonym: gwrthdystiad

Derived terms

• protestio (“to protest”)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “protest”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies