Attack vs Nasty - What's the difference?
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An attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
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(cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
(volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
(lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
The sudden onset of a disease.
An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
(music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
(audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
To apply violent force to someone or something.
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar ).
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To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
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To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
(cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
(cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
(cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
(soccer) To move forward in an attempt to actively score point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
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*2006 , Marie Fontaine, The Chronicles of my Ghetto Street Volume One , p. 156:
*:I really don't have any friends at school Mama Mia. They talk about me all the time. They say my hair's nappy and my clothes are nasty .
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Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
*1897 , (Bram Stoker), Dracula :
*:Jonathan kept staring at him, till I was afraid he would notice. I feared he might take it ill, he looked so fierce and nasty .
Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.
*1838 , (Charles Dickens), Oliver Twist :
*:‘It's a nasty trade,’ said Mr. Limbkins, when Gamfield had again stated his wish.
Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.
*1933 , (Dorothy L Sayers), Murder Must Advertise :
*:He said to Mr. Tallboy he thought the headline was a bit hot. And Mr. Tallboy said he had a nasty mind.
*2009 , Okera H, Be Your Priority, Not His Option , Mill City Press 2009, p. 45:
*:We want threesomes, blowjobs, and orgies. That's just the way it is. We want the good girl who's nasty in bed.
Spiteful, unkind.
*2012 , The Guardian , 3 Jun 2012:
*:She had said: "I love the block button on Twitter. I don't know how people expect to send a nasty comment and not get blocked."
*2007 , The Observer , 5 Aug 2007:
*:There was a nasty period during the First World War when the family's allegiance was called into question - not least because one of the Schroders had been made a baron by the Kaiser.
*2012 , James Ball, The Guardian , 2 Mar 2012:
*:Moving into the middle ages, William the Conqueror managed to rout the English and rule the country, then see off numerous plots and assassination attempts, before his horse did for him in a nasty fall, killing him at 60.
(lb) Something nasty.
Sexual intercourse.
As nouns the difference between attack and nasty
is that attack is an attempt to cause damage or injury to, or to somehow detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault while nasty is (lb) something nasty.As a verb attack
is to apply violent force to someone or something.As an adjective nasty is
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English
Noun
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Synonyms
* (volleyball) hit, spike * See alsoAntonyms
* (music) decay, releaseDerived terms
* attack is the best form of defence * pincer attackVerb
(en verb)- This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.
- She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts.
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- On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.
- Hydrofluoric acid attacks the glass.
- We´ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework.
- I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite.
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Synonyms
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English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty , brutish and short.}}
Noun
(nasties)- Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties .
- This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties .