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Denounce vs Demise - What's the difference?

denounce | demise |

As verbs the difference between denounce and demise

is that denounce is (obsolete) to make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare while demise is .

denounce

English

Verb

(denounc)
  • (obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
  • *, II.35:
    • Nero .
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  • To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
    • to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward
  • * 2013 May 23, (Sarah Lyall), " British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
    • Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
  • To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
    • to denounce a confederate in crime
    to denounce someone to the authorities
  • (obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
    • to denounce''' war; to '''denounce punishment
  • To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.

    • Synonyms

    * attack, charge, condemn, criticize, damn, decry, discredit, inveigh against, proscribe, report

    Related terms

    * denunciate

    Derived terms

    * denouncement * denouncer

    Related terms

    (terms related to denounce) * denunciate * denunciation * denunciative * denunciator * denunciatory

    See also

    * announce * enounce * pronounce * renounce

    References

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    Anagrams

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    demise

    English

    (wikipedia demise)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
  • Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
  • Death.
  • End (less common, usually in a negative manner).
    • The lack of funding ultimately led to the demise of the project.

    Related terms

    * demission * demit

    Verb

    (demis)
  • (transitive, obsolete, legal) To give.
  • (legal) To convey, as by will or lease.
  • (legal) To transmit by inheritance.
  • (legal) To pass by inheritance.
  • To die.

    • Anagrams

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