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Denounce vs Fault - What's the difference?

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Denounce is a related term of fault.


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between denounce and fault

is that denounce is (obsolete) to proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of while fault is (obsolete) want; lack.

In lang=en terms the difference between denounce and fault

is that denounce is to announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice while fault is to commit a mistake or error.

As verbs the difference between denounce and fault

is that denounce is (obsolete) to make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare while fault is to criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

As a noun fault is

a defect; something that detracts from perfection.

denounce

English

Verb

(denounc)
  • (obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
  • *, II.35:
  • Nero .
  • *
  • 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

    Derived terms

    * denouncement * denouncer

    See also

    * announce * enounce * pronounce * renounce

    References

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    fault

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
  • * Shakespeare
  • As patches set upon a little breach / Discredit more in hiding of the fault .
  • A mistake or error.
  • No!. This is my fault, not yours
  • A weakness of character; a failing.
  • For all her faults , she's a good person at heart.
  • A minor offense.
  • Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
  • The fault lies with you.
  • (seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
  • (mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
  • slate fault''', dirt '''fault , etc.
    (Raymond)
  • (tennis) An illegal serve.
  • (electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.
  • (obsolete) want; lack
  • * Shakespeare
  • one, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend
  • (hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, / With much ado, the cold fault clearly out.

    Derived terms

    * at fault * double fault * to a fault

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
  • * Traditional song
  • For that I will not fault thee / But for humbleness exalt thee.
  • (geology) To fracture.
  • To commit a mistake or error.
  • (computing) To undergo a page fault.
  • * 2002 , Æleen Frisch, Essential system administration
  • When a page is read in, a few pages surrounding the faulted page are typically loaded as well in the same I/O operation in an effort to head off future page faults.