Despond vs Depress - What's the difference?
despond | depress |
To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart.
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* Scott's Letters
* John Locke
* D. Webster
(archaic) Despondency.
To press down.
To make depressed, sad or bored.
To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
(math) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
As verbs the difference between despond and depress
is that despond is to give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart while depress is to press down.As a noun despond
is (archaic) despondency.despond
English
Verb
(en verb)- I should despair, or at least despond .
- Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty.
- We wish that desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national power still stand strong.
Noun
(-)Synonyms
* despairdepress
English
Verb
(es)- Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
- Winter depresses me.
- Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.