Blackout vs Outrage - What's the difference?
blackout | outrage |
a temporary loss of consciousness
a temporary loss of memory
a large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers
* "The repairs at the Koeberg Power Station in the Western Cape were on schedule for completion in the third week of May. This follows huge blackouts related to the problems at the power supplier since November. Weekend Argus May 13/14 2006 p.5.
the mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings as imposed during World War II
An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=1 An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
The resentful anger aroused by such acts.
(obsolete) A destructive rampage.
To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
* Atterbury
* Broome
(archaic) To violate; to rape (a female).
(obsolete) To rage in excess of.
As nouns the difference between blackout and outrage
is that blackout is a temporary loss of consciousness while outrage is an excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.As a verb outrage is
to cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.blackout
English
Noun
(en noun)Alternative forms
* black-outSynonyms
* (temporary loss of consciousness) pass outDerived terms
* blackout lampSee also
* brownout * whiteoutoutrage
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
- "by the outrage and fury of the river " (from an old description of flood damage).
Verb
(outrag)- Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return.
- This interview outrages all decency.
- (Young)
