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Captive vs Drudge - What's the difference?

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Captive is a related term of drudge.


As verbs the difference between captive and drudge

is that captive is while drudge is to labour in (or as in) a low servile job.

As a noun drudge is

a person who works in a low servile job.

captive

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him. The captive made no resistance […].}}
  • One held prisoner.
  • (figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Held prisoner; not free; confined.
  • * Milton
    • A poor, miserable, captive thrall.
  • Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart / Grossly grew captive to his honey words.
  • Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine.
    • captive''' chains; '''captive hours

    drudge

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who works in a low servile job.
  • (pejorative) Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.

    • Derived terms

    * drudgery * drudgy

    Verb

    (drudg)
  • to labour in (or as in) a low servile job
  • * Otway
    • Rise in our toils and drudge away the day.
  • * Macaulay
    • He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged .