Berate vs Battel - What's the difference?
berate | battel |
To chide or scold vehemently.
* 1896 , , Seats Of The Mighty , ch. 13:
* 1914 , , The Gods of Mars , ch. 21:
* 1917 , , Jerry of the Islands , ch. 14:
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* 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
To make fertile.
* Ray
(UK, Oxford University) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.
(UK, Oxford University, mostly, in the plural) Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them.
(Webster 1913)
As verbs the difference between berate and battel
is that berate is to chide or scold vehemently while battel is to make fertile.As a noun battel is
or battel can be (uk|oxford university|mostly|in the plural) provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them.As an adjective battel is
(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive.berate
English
Verb
(berat)- Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.
- A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be.
- Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse.
The Man Who Would Be (Congo's) King," Time , 27 Nov.:
- During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice.
- France were supposedly a team in pieces, beaten by Tonga just a week ago and with coach Marc Lievremont publicly berating his players, but so clear-cut was their victory that much of the atmosphere had been sucked from the contest long before the end.
Synonyms
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* ----battel
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. — Fairfax.
Verb
(battell)- To battel barren land.