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Abusive vs Abuser - What's the difference?

abusive | abuser |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between abusive and abuser

is that abusive is (obsolete) given to misusing while abuser is (obsolete) one who uses in an illegal or wrongful use .

As an adjective abusive

is wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal .

As a noun abuser is

one who abuses someone or something .

abusive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.
  • * I am ... necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof. - Fuller
  • (archaic) Catachrestic.
  • (archaic) Full of abuses; practicing abuse; containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse.
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  • Prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
  • * An abusive lampoon. - A dictionary of the English language
  • (obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent.
  • * An abusive treaty. -
  • (archaic) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
  • * The abusive prerogatives of his see. -
  • (obsolete) Given to misusing.
  • Being physically injurious; characterized by repeated violence.

    • Synonyms

    * reproachful, scurrilous, opprobrious, insolent, insulting, injurious, offensive, reviling, berating, vituperative

    Derived terms

    * abusively * abusiveness

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    abuser

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who abuses someone or something.
  • (obsolete) One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use.

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