Accuse vs Quarrel - What's the difference?
accuse | quarrel |
To find fault with, to blame, to censure.
* (rfdate) (Epistle to the Romans) 2:15,
* (rfdate) ,
To charge with having committed a crime or offence.
* (rfdate) (Acts of the Apostles) 24:13,
To make an accusation against someone.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= A verbal dispute or heated argument.
* Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
A ground of dispute or objection; a complaint.
* Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him. - Bible, Mark vi. 19
* You mistake, sir. I am sure no man hath any quarrel to me.'' - Shakespeare, ''Twelfth Night , Act 3, scene 4
(obsolete) earnest desire or longing.
To disagree.
To contend, argue strongly, squabble.
* Sir W. Temple
To find fault; to cavil.
* Roscommon
(obsolete) To argue or squabble with.
* Ben Jonson
A diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window.
A square tile; quarry tile.
A square-headed arrow for a crossbow.
*1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), Book VII, ciii:
*:Twanged the string, out flew the quarrel long, / And through the subtle air did singing pass.
*Sir (John Mandeville) (c.1350)
*:to shoot with arrows and quarrel
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:two arblasts,with windlaces and quarrels
*1829 , (Edward Augustus Kendall),
*:The small cross-bow, called the arbalet or arbalest, is said to have been invented by the Sicilians. It was carried by the foot-soldiers, and when used was charged with a quarrel or bar-bolt, that is, a small arrow with a flat head, one of which occasioned the death of Harold at the battle of Hastings,.
*2000 . , p.379
*:Satin scooped up his crossbow and sent a few quarrel s after them as they ran, to see them off the faster.
A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps etc. make the form nearly square.
A four-sided cutting tool or chisel with a diamond-shaped end.
As verbs the difference between accuse and quarrel
is that accuse is while quarrel is to disagree.As a noun quarrel is
a verbal dispute or heated argument or quarrel can be a diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window.accuse
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(accus)- Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another.
- We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms.
- Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
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Usage notes
* (legal) When used this way accused is followed by the word of . * Synonym notes: To accuse , charge, impeach, arraign: these words agree in bringing home to a person the imputation of wrongdoing. ** To accuse'' is a somewhat formal act, and is applied usually (though not exclusively) to crimes; as, to ''accuse of treason. ** Charge'' is the most generic. It may refer to a crime, a dereliction of duty, a fault, etc.; more commonly it refers to moral delinquencies; as, to ''charge with dishonesty or falsehood. ** To arraign'' is to bring (a person) before a tribunal for trial; as, to ''arraign one before a court or at the bar public opinion. ** To impeach'' is officially to charge with misbehavior in office; as, to ''impeach a minister of high crimes. ** Both impeach'' and ''arraign convey the idea of peculiar dignity or impressiveness.Synonyms
* (legal) charge, indict, impeach, arraign * () blame, censure, reproach, criminateExternal links
* * * English reporting verbs ----quarrel
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) querele (modern French querelle), itself from (etyl) . Replaced (etyl) sacan by 1340 as “ground for complaint”.Noun
(en noun)- We got into a silly quarrel about what food to order.
- A few customers in the shop had some quarrel s with us, so we called for the manager.
- (Holland)
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(intransitive)- Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust.
- to quarrel with one's lot
- I will not quarrel with a slight mistake.
- I had quarrelled my brother purposely.
Derived terms
* quarreler, quarreller * quarrelsomeEtymology 2
From (etyl) as "square-headed bolt for a crossbow" c.1225, from (etyl) quarel (modern French carreau), from , related to quattuor "four".Noun
(en noun)The Olio or Museum of Entertainment, Vol.III, p.174
