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Defile vs Stigmatise - What's the difference?

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Defile is a related term of stigmatise.


As nouns the difference between defile and stigmatise

is that defile is fashion show while stigmatise is stigmatic, person marked with christ's stigmata.

As an adjective stigmatise is

stigmatized, marked with stigmata.

As a verb stigmatise is

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defile

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(defil)
  • to make impure; to make dirty.
    • Synonyms
    * contaminate * pollute
    Antonyms
    * purify

    Etymology 2

    Earlier (defilee), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.
  • A single file, such as of soldiers.
  • The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
    • See also
    * glen

    Verb

    (defil)
  • (archaic) To march in a single file.
  • * 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.138:
    • They defiled down a gully to the water and bunched and jerked their noses at it and came back.

    Noun

  • march-past

    • Declension

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    References

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    stigmatise

    English

    Verb

    (stigmatis)
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