Belie vs Deny - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) To lie around; encompass.
(transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
To tell lies about; to slander.
* Shakespeare
To give a false representation of, to misrepresent.
* Shakespeare
*, II.2.6.iv:
To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
* Dryden
To be shown false by contradicting (something) that is true; to conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
* 2013 , Elizabeth Koh, "Fighting Pest, Farmers Find Strange Ally: A Drought,"
To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
* 1993 , Carol A. Mossman, Politics and Narratives of Birth: Gynocolonization from Rousseau to Zola , Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-41586-6,
(obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.
(obsolete) To fill with lies.
* Shakespeare
To not allow.
* 1847 , Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey Chapter XVI
To assert that something is not true.
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To disallow
to refuse to give or grant something to someone
* J. Edwards
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(sports) To prevent from scoring.
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Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.}} To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
* Bancroft
* Keble
(obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).
* Shakespeare
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between belie and deny
is that belie is (obsolete) to fill with lies while deny is (obsolete) to refuse (to do or accept something).In lang=en terms the difference between belie and deny
is that belie is to contradict, to show (something) to be false while deny is to refuse to give or grant something to someone.As verbs the difference between belie and deny
is that belie is (obsolete) to lie around; encompass or belie can be to tell lies about; to slander while deny is to not allow.belie
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Alternative forms
*Etymology 1
From (etyl) belyen, beliggen, from (etyl) belicgan, . Cognate with German beliegen.Verb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) belyen, .Verb
- Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him.
- Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts.
- He found it by experience, and made good use of it in his own person, if Plutarch belie him not […].
- Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues.
- Her obvious nervousness belied what she said.
New York Times, August 31, 2013
- The rosy outlook belies a struggle to achieve statewide eradication that has persisted since the insect first crossed the border from Mexico around 1892.
- His calm demeanor belied his inner sense of guilt.
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- A host of evidence is adduced by the accused, evidence whose sometimes self-contradictory nature belies a certain desperation.
- (Dryden)
- The breath of slander doth belie all corners of the world.
Synonyms
* (to give a false representation) misrepresent * (to tell lies about) calumniate * (to contradict or show to be false) contradict, give lie to, give the lie todeny
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Verb
(en-verb)- I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied .
- 'Do! pray do! I shall be the most miserable of men if you don't. You cannot be so cruel as to deny me a favour so easily granted and yet so highly prized!' pleaded he as ardently as if his life depended on it.
- I deny that I was at the party.
- Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it.
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- My father denied me a good education.
- To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.
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- the falsehood of denying his opinion
- thou thrice denied , yet thrice beloved
- if you deny to dance