Apologize vs Condole - What's the difference?
apologize | condole |
To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
* Froude
To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
(dated) To make an apology or defense; to act as apologist.
To grieve.
To express sympathetic sorrow; to lament in sympathy.
* Sir W. Temple
As verbs the difference between apologize and condole
is that apologize is to make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends while condole is to grieve.apologize
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Alternative forms
* apologise (Commonwealth)Verb
(apologiz)- My correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
- to apologize for his insolent language
Derived terms
() * apologist * apologizer * preapologizeReferences
* English reporting verbs ----condole
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Verb
(en-verb)- Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you.