Abject vs Expel - What's the difference?
abject | expel |
(obsolete) Rejected; cast aside.
Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position.
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Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit.
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Showing utter hopelessness; helplessness; showing resignation; wretched.
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(obsolete) To cast off or out; to reject.
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(obsolete) To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
English heteronyms
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To eject or erupt.
(obsolete) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
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To remove from membership.
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To deport.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between abject and expel
is that abject is (obsolete) to cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase while expel is (obsolete) to fire (a bullet, arrow etc).As verbs the difference between abject and expel
is that abject is (obsolete) to cast off or out; to reject while expel is to eject or erupt.As an adjective abject
is (obsolete) rejected; cast aside .As a noun abject
is a person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast .abject
English
Etymology 1
* From (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Usage notes
* Nouns to which "abject" is often applied: poverty, fear, terror, submission, misery, failure, state, condition, apology, humility, servitude, manner, coward.Synonyms
* beggarly, contemptible, cringing, degraded, groveling, ignoble, mean, mean-spirited, slavish, vile, worthlessVerb
(en verb)- (John Donne)
References
expel
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Verb
- But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell .
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