Abase vs Deject - What's the difference?
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(archaic) To lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
To lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade.
(obsolete) To lower in value, in particular as altering the content of alloys in coins.
Make sad or dispirited.
* Benjamin Franklin
(obsolete) To cast down.
* Udall
* Fuller
In transitive terms the difference between abase and deject
is that abase is to lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade while deject is make sad or dispirited.As verbs the difference between abase and deject
is that abase is to lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye while deject is make sad or dispirited.abase
English
Verb
(abas)- "Saying so, he abased his lance''." - ''
- "Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased'' ." - ''Luke 14:11
Synonyms
* debase * degradeAntonyms
* promote * exalt * extollDerived terms
* abasedly * abasement * abaserReferences
* *deject
English
Verb
- I pitied poor Miss Read's unfortunate situation. She was generally dejected , seldom cheerful, and avoided company.
- Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
- Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look.