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Culminate vs Debauch - What's the difference?

culminate | debauch |

In lang=en terms the difference between culminate and debauch

is that culminate is to finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of while debauch is to debase (something); to lower the value of (something).

As verbs the difference between culminate and debauch

is that culminate is (astronomy) of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude while debauch is to morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.

As a noun debauch is

an individual act of debauchery.

culminate

English

Verb

(culminat)
  • (astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
  • To reach the (physical) summit, highest point, peak etc.
  • * Milton
    • As when his beams at noon / Culminate from the equator.
  • * Dana
    • The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
  • * Motley
    • The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating .
  • To reach a climax; to come to the decisive point (especially as an end or conclusion).
    • Their messy breakup culminated in a restraining order.
    New York Times Mr. Bush has been marking the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11 with a series of speeches about terrorism that culminated with his televised address last night.
    The class will culminate with a rigorous examination.
  • To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.
  • * 2010 , "By the skin of her teeth", The Economist , 7 Sep 2010:
    • The announcement by Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott in Canberra culminated more than a fortnight of intensive political horse-trading.

    Synonyms

    * peak

    Related terms

    * culm * culminant * culmination * culminating * culminated

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    debauch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • An individual act of debauchery.
  • *1902 , Thomas Ebenezer Webb, The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence , page 242:
    • Greene died of a debauch ; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.
  • * 1913 , , The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu , ch. 25:
    • [T]he room probably was one which he actually used for opium debauches .
  • An orgy.
  • * 1955 , , Catch-22 , ch. 13:
    • [T]here were always the gay and silly sensual young girls that Yossarian had found and brought there and those that the sleepy enlisted men returning to Pianosa after their own exhausting seven-day debauch had brought there.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.
  • * 1727 , , The History of the Devil , ch. 9:
    • But the Devil had met with too much Success in his first Attempts, not to go on with his general Resolution of debauching the Minds of Men, and bringing them off from God.
  • To debase (something); to lower the value of (something).
  • * 2014 March 23, , " Peter Hitchens's Blog: 23 March 2014 1:41 AM," The Mail on Sunday (UK) (retrieved 18 April 2014):
    • [S]aving of all kinds is pointless when interest is microscopic and state-sponsored inflation is debauching the currency.

    Derived terms

    * debauchee * debaucher * debauchery * debauchment

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