Blight vs Aggrieve - What's the difference?
blight | aggrieve |
any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other parts
the bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition
(by extension) anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life
To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
* Woodward
To suffer blight.
to spoil or ruin (something)
* Byron
To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon;—now commonly used in the passive, to be aggrieved.
(obsolete) To grieve; to lament.
In lang=en terms the difference between blight and aggrieve
is that blight is to spoil or ruin (something) while aggrieve is to give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon;—now commonly used in the passive, to be aggrieved.As verbs the difference between blight and aggrieve
is that blight is to affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of while aggrieve is to give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon;—now commonly used in the passive, to be aggrieved.As a noun blight
is any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other parts.blight
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Noun
(wikipedia blight)Derived terms
* alder blight * American blight * aphis-blight * apple blight * bean blight * beet blight * blight bird * blight canker * blight in the eye * blight-beetle * blighted * blighty * blister blight * cane blight * celery blight * chestnut blight * coffee blight * collar blight * early blight * fire blight, fireblight * frictional blight * functional blight * fusarium ear blight, fusarium head blight * green blight * halo blight * head blight * kernel blight * late blight * leaf blight * moth blight * needle blight * northern corn-leaf blight, northern leaf blight * oak blight * peach blight * pear blight * pine blight * planning blight * potato blight * rim blight * sandy blight * seedling blight * southern blight * Sphaeropsis blight * spinach blight * spur blight * stamen blight * stem blight * stripe blight * thread blight * tomato blight * twig blight * urban blight * walnut blightVerb
(en verb)- [This vapour] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man.
- This vine never blights .
- Those obscene tattoos are going to blight your job prospects.
- seared in heart and lone and blighted