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Amain vs Vehemently - What's the difference?

amain | vehemently |

As adverbs the difference between amain and vehemently

is that amain is (archaic) with full force; forcefully, violently while vehemently is in a vehement manner; expressing with a strong or forceful attitude.

As a verb amain

is (nautical) to lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.

amain

English

Etymology 1

From .

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (archaic) With full force; forcefully, violently.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.6:
  • *:So likewise turnde the Prince upon the Knight, / And layd at him amaine with all his will and might.
  • * Milton
    • They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain .
  • * 1793, , line 87
    • They spurred amain , their steeds were white:
  • (archaic) At full speed; in great haste.
  • * Holinshed
    • They fled amain .
  • * , Chimes , VII, lines 5-6
    • ''The heavy rain it hurries amain
    ''And heaven and the hurricane.
  • Out of control.
  • * 1790 , Felling/Heworth, Errington :
    • two waggons coming after me amain [...]

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) amener.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Jèrriais==

    Adjective

    (roa-jer-adj)
  • of easy use

    • vehemently

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a vehement manner; expressing with a strong or forceful attitude.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=And it was a miserable afternoon for Chelsea and England captain John Terry at the end of a week in which has he faced allegations of racial abuse against QPR's Anton Ferdinand - claims he vehemently denies.}}