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Berate vs Battel - What's the difference?

berate | battel |

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)
  • To chide or scold vehemently.
  • * 1896 , , Seats Of The Mighty , ch. 13:
  • Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.
  • * 1914 , , The Gods of Mars , ch. 21:
  • A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be.
  • * 1917 , , Jerry of the Islands , ch. 14:
  • Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse.
  • * 2008 , Alex Perry, " The Man Who Would Be (Congo's) King," Time , 27 Nov.:
  • During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice.
  • * 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
  • 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.

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    battel

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, legal, obsolete) A single combat.
  • trial by battel'''; wager of '''battel

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
  • A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. — Fairfax.

    Verb

    (battell)
  • To make fertile.
  • * Ray
  • To battel barren land.
  • (UK, Oxford University) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.
  • Noun

  • (UK, Oxford University, mostly, in the plural) Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them.
  • (Webster 1913)