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Detest vs Detext - What's the difference?

detest | detext |

As verbs the difference between detest and detext

is that detest is to dislike intensely; to loathe while detext is (rare) to extract or remove from a text.

detest

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To dislike intensely; to loathe.
    • I detest snakes.
    Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell. — Pope.
  • (obsolete) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
    • The heresy of Nestorius was detested in the Eastern churches. — Fuller.
    God hath detested them with his own mouth. — Bale.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * detestable * detestation

    See also

    * abhor * despise * disdain * dislike * hate * loathe

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

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    detext

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To extract or remove from a text
  • * {{quote-book, 1988, , editor=Peter Masson, Indiana 11, page=14 citation
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    Usage notes

    * This word is first found in print in English in Henry Cockeram's 1623 English Dictionary , with the meaning "unwoven". This is not known to have ever occurred in use, and appears to be unrelated to the modern term.

    See also

    * detect

    Anagrams

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