Defecate vs Deprecate - What's the difference?
defecate | deprecate |
To purify, to clean of dregs etc.
* Boyle
* , New York 2001, p.224:
To purge; to pass (something) as excrement.
To empty one's bowels of feces.
(obsolete) Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
* Bates
To belittle or express disapproval of.
To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
(archaic) To pray against.
As verbs the difference between defecate and deprecate
is that defecate is to purify, to clean of dregs etc while deprecate is to belittle or express disapproval of.As an adjective defecate
is freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.defecate
English
Alternative forms
* * defaecateVerb
(defecat)- to defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber
- Some are of opinion that such fat, standing waters make the best beer, and that seething doth defecate it […].
Usage notes
* The sense 'to purify' is rare in contrast to the common mean to empty bowels.Synonyms
* drop the kids off at the pool, (vulgar) shit, (vulgar) shite, (vulgar) take a shit, (slang) take a dump, (informal) drop a deuce * See alsoAdjective
(en adjective)- Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.
deprecate
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Verb
(deprecat)- He deprecates any praise of his own merits.
- They deprecated the attempt to deny aid to homeless people.
- She deprecated any action which might disturb the peace.
- The bold tag has been deprecated in favour of the strong tag.
- It is still supported but strongly deprecated .