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Assail vs Url - What's the difference?

assail | url |

As a verb assail

is to attack violently using words or force.

As an initialism url is

a uniform resource locator: the address of a web page, ftp site, audio stream or other internet resource.

As an abbreviation url is

(us|military|nautical) unrestricted line officer.

assail

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To attack violently using words or force.
    • Muggers assailed them as they entered an alley.
    For the next six months or so those children will assail her in public with demands for an improper story! (from H.H. Munro's short story, "The Storyteller").

    url

    English

    Initialism

    (en noun)
  • A Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, ftp site, audio stream or other Internet resource.
    • https://en.wiktionary.org/ is the URL of English Wiktionary.

    See also

    * IRI * URI * (wikipedia "URL")

    Abbreviation

    ; URL
  • (US, military, nautical) unrestricted line officer

    • See also

    * line officer English acronyms English initialisms