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Affront vs Effront - What's the difference?

affront | effront |

In obsolete terms the difference between affront and effront

is that affront is a hostile encounter or meeting while effront is to give assurance to.

As verbs the difference between affront and effront

is that affront is to insult intentionally, especially openly while effront is to give assurance to.

As a noun affront

is an open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

affront

English

(wikipedia affront)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To insult intentionally, especially openly.
  • * Addison
    • How can anyone imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius?
  • To meet defiantly; to confront.
    • to affront death
  • * 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 436:
    • Avignon was beginning to settle down for the night – that long painful stretch of time which must somehow be affronted .
  • (obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.
  • * Holland
    • All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant.
  • * Shakespeare
    • That he, as 'twere by accident, may here / Affront Ophelia.

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
    • Such behavior is an affront to society.
  • (obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    effront

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To give assurance to.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)
    (Webster 1913)