Assault vs Violate - What's the difference?
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A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.
* Prescott
* Shakespeare
A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.
(criminal, legal) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him.
(singulare tantum, legal) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm.
(singulare tantum, legal) The tort whose action is such an act.
(fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
To break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.).
To rape.
As verbs the difference between assault and violate
is that assault is to attack, threaten or harass while violate is {{cx|sometimes|computing|lang=en}} To break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.).As a noun assault
is a violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.assault
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault .
- Unshaken bears the assault / Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest.
Synonyms
*Derived terms
* antiassault * assault and battery * nonassault * reassaultCoordinate terms
* batteryviolate
English
Verb
(violat)- The program tried to write to privileged memory, so it was flagged with a protect violate error.
- Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.