different between urge vs urger

English

Etymology

From Latin urge? (“urge”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??d??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?

Noun

urge (plural urges)

1. A strong desire; an itch to do something.

Translations

Verb

urge (third-person singular simple present urges, present participle urging, simple past and past participle urged)

1. (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
2. (transitive) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
3. (transitive) To provoke; to exasperate.
4. (transitive) To press hard upon; to follow closely.

   • Man?? and for ever?? wretch?! what wouldst thou have?? / Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.

5. (transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.

7. (transitive) To press onward or forward.
8. (transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

Synonyms

• animate
• incite
• impel
• instigate
• stimulate
• encourage

Related terms

• urgent

Translations

See also

• surge

Anagrams

• Guer., Ruge, geru, grue, regu

French

Verb

urge

1. third-person singular present indicative of urger

Anagrams

• grue

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -urd?e

Verb

urge

1. third-person singular present indicative of urgere

Latin

Verb

urg?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of urge?

Portuguese

Verb

urge

1. third-person singular present indicative of urgir
2. second-person singular imperative of urgir

Spanish

Verb

urge

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of urgir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of urgir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of urgir.

English

Etymology

urge +? -er

Noun

urger (plural urgers)

1. One who urges.
   • 1844, Andrew Stevenson, The history of the church and state of Scotland (page 195)

     […] the contrivers, maintainers, and urgers of the service-book, and other grievous innovations […]

Anagrams

• Ruger, regur

French

Etymology

Back-formation from urgent; compare Latin urge?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y?.?e/

Verb

urger

1. (usually impersonal, informal) To be urgent.

   Dépêche-toi, ça urge ! — Hurry up, it's urgent!

   Synonym: presser

Usage notes

• Do not confuse this verb with English to urge, which is usually transitive and has an active subject.

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written urge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.Personal forms are occasionally found, and conjugate like manger.

Further reading

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