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Arise vs Arse - What's the difference?

arise | arse |

As verbs the difference between arise and arse

is that arise is to come up from a lower to a higher position while arse is to be silly, act stupid or mess around.

As a noun arse is

the buttocks or more specifically, the anus.

As an abbreviation ARSE is

arylsulfatase E, an enzyme, deficiencies in which are associated with abnormalities in cartilage and bone development.

arise

English

Alternative forms

* arize (obsolete)

Verb

  • To come up from a lower to a higher position.
    • to arise from a kneeling posture
    A cloud arose and covered the sun.
  • To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
    • He arose early in the morning.
  • To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.
  • * Bible, Exodus i. 8
    • There arose up a new king which knew not Joseph.
  • * Milton
    • the doubts that in his heart arose
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 454,
    • Because Plato allowed them to co-exist, the meaning and connotations of the one overlap those of the other, and ambiguities arise .

    Synonyms

    * emerge * occur * appear * * (idiomatic) pop up * (resume existing) reappear

    References

    * *

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs

    arse

    English

    (wikipedia arse)

    Alternative forms

    * ass (US)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.
  • *:
  • *:& thenne he rode after the bore / & thenne syre la?celot was ware where the bore set his ars to a tree by an hermytage / Thenne sir launcelot ranne atte bore with his spere / & ther with the bore torned hym nemly
  • *2011 , James Smart, The Guardian , 12 March:
  • *:As the novel progresses, he is shot in the hand with his own gun, shot in the arse with someone else's and lacerated by a prosthetic weed trimmer.
  • A stupid, mean or despicable person.
  • *2007 , Martin Harrison, The Judgement of Paris , p.282:
  • *:“You're an arse',” Ellen said. ¶ “Please? You must like something about me …?” ¶ “I do. You're an '''arse'''. I just told you that. I feel comfy with you, because you're such an ' arse .”
  • *2007 , L. A. Wilson, The Silurian: Book One: The Fox and the Bear , p.103:
  • *:He looked at me, was just about to call me an arse', when I told him, “You throw it too hard. Try and think of the javelin hitting the target before you throw it. Let it all go through your mind first, see it, feel it, then throw it.” ¶ “Good advice, you ' arse ,” he said and tried again.
  • *2011 , Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes , unnumbered page:
  • *:Felnigg. What a suppurating arse'. Look at him. ' Arse .

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "arse")

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from arse) * do not know their arse from their elbow * arse bandit * arsehole * arseface * arsehat * arseman * arsey/arsy * arsing * duck's arse * duck-arsed * hang an arse (obsolete) * kick arse * kiss my arse * smart arse * tight-arse

    Verb

  • (slang) To be silly, act stupid or mess around.
    • Stop arsing around!
  • * 1985 , Sam McAughtry, McAughtry's War , page 10,
    • He was university material, just arsing' about as a rigger, ' arsing about, killing time with bohunks like me.
  • * 2005 , , page 291,
    • Pi, upset, roars, "Quit arsing around there and get cracking," and a dozen heads turn their way.
  • * 2011 , Jaine Fenn, Bringer of Light , unnumbered page,
    • He was half-expecting a call from the lingua, telling him to stop arsing' around, but his com stayed silent, so it looked like a certain amount of ' arsing around was allowed.
  • (slang) To make, to bother.
    • I can't be arsed to write that essay for tomorrow.
    I couldn't be arsed to write that essay for tomorrow.
  • * 2008', Lynn Broadbent, Infinite Ideas Staff, '' Be '''Arsed : 365 Brilliant Ideas for Getting Off Your Backside and Living Life to the Full .
  • * 2008 , Guy Cullen, Loose Ends , page 2,
    • You can keep all the macho bollocks that goes with the job. I can't be arsed who thinks what of me to be perfectly honest and I have no time for those that are.
  • * 2011 , Ray Banks. Beast of Burden , page 133,
    • but here's the way you're supposed to run it: make out like it'll be a long, drawn out process, that you can't be arsed' and that they ''shouldn?t'' be ' arsed because it'll probably end up doing fuck all except getting a copper pissed off at them.

    Derived terms

    * arse about * arse around * half-arsed

    Anagrams

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