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Despite vs Showcase - What's the difference?

despite | showcase |

As nouns the difference between despite and showcase

is that despite is disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred while showcase is a case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.

As verbs the difference between despite and showcase

is that despite is to vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously while showcase is to display, demonstrate, show, or present.

As a preposition despite

is in spite of, notwithstanding.

despite

English

Alternative forms

* despight (obsolete)

Noun

(-)
  • (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.

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • In spite of, notwithstanding.
  • * 1592–1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet III :
    • So thou through windows of thine age shall see
    Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time.
  • * 1592–1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet XIX :
    • Yet, do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong,
    My love shall in my verse ever live young.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=7 citation , passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}

    Derived terms

    * despiteful

    Verb

    (despit)
  • (obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
    • (Sir Walter Raleigh)

    Anagrams

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    showcase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.
  • A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect.

    • Synonyms

    * (case for displaying) vitrine, display case * (setting for exhibiting in favorable aspect) flagship (especially of a store)

    Verb

    (showcas)
  • To display, demonstrate, show, or present.
  • :I think the demonstration really showcases the strengths of the software.
  • * 2012 August 24, Yoram Hazony, “The God of Independent Minds”, The Wall Street Journal :
    • Today's debates over the place of religion in modern life often showcase the claim that belief in God stifles reason and science.