Despises vs Despites - What's the difference?
despises | despites |
(despise)
To regard with contempt or scorn.
(despite)
(obsolete) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
*Bible, Ezekiel xxv. 6
*:all thy despite against the land of Israel
*1599 , (Much Ado About Nothing), by (William Shakespeare),
*:DON PEDRO. Thou wast ever an obstinate heretic in the despite of beauty.
(archaic) Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
*:
*:he asked kynge Arthur yf he wold gyue hym leue to ryde after Balen and to reuenge the despyte' that he had done / Doo your best said Arthur I am right wroth said Balen I wold he were quyte of the ' despyte that he hath done to me and to my Courte
*Milton
*:a despite done against the Most High
Evil feeling; malice, spite.
In spite of, notwithstanding.
* 1592–1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet III :
* 1592–1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet XIX :
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=7 (obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
As verbs the difference between despises and despites
is that despises is (despise) while despites is (despite).despises
English
Verb
(head)despise
English
Verb
(despis)Synonyms
* scorn * See also *contemptAntonyms
* honor * respect * revereDerived terms
* despisal * despicableSee also
* vilipendExternal links
* *despites
English
Verb
(head)despite
English
Alternative forms
* despight (obsolete)Noun
(-)Preposition
(English prepositions)- So thou through windows of thine age shall see
- Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time.
- Yet, do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong,
- My love shall in my verse ever live young.
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Derived terms
* despitefulVerb
(despit)- (Sir Walter Raleigh)