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Aspersion vs Fetter - What's the difference?

aspersion | fetter |

As nouns the difference between aspersion and fetter

is that aspersion is an attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon… while fetter is a chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural) .

As a verb fetter is

to shackle or bind up with fetters.

aspersion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon… .
  • *
  • (label) A sprinkling of .
  • * 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
    • If thou dost break her virgin knot before
    All sanctimonious ceremonies may
    With full and holy rite be minister'd,
    No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall
    To make this contract grow; but barren hate [...]

    Synonyms

    * slander * See also

    Derived terms

    * cast aspersions

    fetter

    English

    (wikipedia fetter)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural) .
  • (figurative) Anything that restricts or restrains.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1675 , author=John Dryden , title=Aureng-zebe , section=Prologue citation , passage=Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=6 citation , passage=He looks upon study as an odious' ' fetter ; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1910 , year_published=2012 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Erwin Rosen , title=In the Foreign Legion , chapter=Prolog citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=That was the turning-point of my life. I broke my fetters , and I fought a hard fight for a new career … }}

    Synonyms

    (chains on legs) * leg irons

    Hyponyms

    (chain binding generally) * handcuff, handcuffs * leg irons * manacle, manacles * shackle, shackles

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shackle or bind up with fetters
  • To restrain or impede; to hamper.

    • Derived terms

    * unfetter

    Hyponyms

    * handcuff * manacle * shackle