Ameliorate vs Blunder - What's the difference?
ameliorate | blunder |
To make better, to improve.
* Macaulay
To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.
To move blindly or clumsily.
* Goldsmith
* Dryden
To cause to make a mistake.
* Ditton
To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
* Stillingfleet
In lang=en terms the difference between ameliorate and blunder
is that ameliorate is to make better, to improve while blunder is to do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.As verbs the difference between ameliorate and blunder
is that ameliorate is to make better, to improve while blunder is to make a clumsy or stupid mistake.As a noun blunder is
a clumsy or embarrassing mistake.ameliorate
English
Verb
(ameliorat)- They offered some compromises in an effort to ameliorate the situation.
- In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition.
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* deteriorate * worsenblunder
English
(wikipedia blunder)Synonyms
* (error) blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, fluff, flub, fumble, gaffe, goof, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinkoVerb
(en verb)- to blunder in preparing a medical prescription
- I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow.
- blunders on, and staggers every pace
- To blunder an adversary.
- He blunders and confounds all these together.
