Desist vs Dissuade - What's the difference?
desist | dissuade |
To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from .
* 1906 , , part I, ch I,
To convince not to try or do.
Jane dissuaded Martha from committing suicide.
As verbs the difference between desist and dissuade
is that desist is to cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from while dissuade is to convince not to try or do.desist
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(en verb)- One Ear was uttering quick, eager whines, lunging at the length of his stick toward the darkness, and desisting now and again in order to make frantic attacks on the stick with his teeth.
