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Debauch vs Triste - What's the difference?

debauch | triste |

As nouns the difference between debauch and triste

is that debauch is an individual act of debauchery while triste is (uk|dialect) a cattle fair.

As a verb debauch

is to morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.

As an adjective triste is

(rare) sad.

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

    References

    triste

    English

    Adjective

  • (rare) sad.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) A cattle fair.
  • (Webster 1913)

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