different between unseat vs unhorse

English

Etymology

un- +? seat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?si?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Verb

unseat (third-person singular simple present unseats, present participle unseating, simple past and past participle unseated)

1. To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat.

2. To deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election, or simply by defeating them in an election.

References

• “unseat”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Austen, Autens, Natsue, nasute, sun tea, uneats

English

Etymology

From Middle English unhorsen, equivalent to un- +? horse.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Verb

unhorse (third-person singular simple present unhorses, present participle unhorsing, simple past and past participle unhorsed)

1. To forcibly remove from a horse.

   The knight was unhorsed when his opponent's lance struck his shield.

2. (by extension) To disrupt or unseat; to remove from a position.

   The incumbent governor was unhorsed by the scandal that broke during his reelection campaign.

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