Subdue vs Bridle - What's the difference?
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To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 2
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Bulgaria 0-3 England
, work=BBC
To bring (a country) under control by force.
The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
* 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês," Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92, p. 457:
(figurative) A restraint; a curb; a check.
A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging on a kite for attaching line.
A mooring hawser.
A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
To put a bridle on.
* Drake
To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue .
* Burke
To show hostility or resentment.
Subdue is a related term of bridle.
As verbs the difference between subdue and bridle
is that subdue is to overcome, quieten, or bring under control while bridle is to put a bridle on.As a noun bridle is
the headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.subdue
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Verb
(subdu)citation, page= , passage=Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued .}}
Synonyms
*bridle
English
(wikipedia bridle)Noun
(en noun)- the horseman, who is the user of bridles and knows their use
Derived terms
* bridle path * bridlewiseVerb
(bridl)- He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist.
- Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation.
- Immigrant-rights and religious organizations bridled at the plan to favor highly skilled workers over relatives.'' (''Houston Chronicle , 6/8/2007)