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Disembowel vs Embowel - What's the difference?

disembowel | embowel |

Embowel is a synonym of disembowel.



As verbs the difference between disembowel and embowel

is that disembowel is to take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate while embowel is to enclose or bury.

disembowel

English

Verb

  • To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
  • To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.

    • Derived terms

    * disembowelment

    References

    * De Mauro - Il dizionario della lingua italiana , Tullio De Mauro. Torino: Paravia, 2000. . Online version here

    embowel

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To enclose or bury.
  • To remove the bowels; disembowel.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=Henry W. Nevinson, title=Essays in Rebellion, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=As to that part of the sentence which relates to embowelling , it was never executed now, but this omission was owing to accident, or to the mercy of the executioner, not to the discretion of the judge. " }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1867, author=John Lothrop Motley, title=Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Who doubts that the fineing, whipping, torturing, hanging, embowelling of men, women, and children, guilty of no other crime than adhesion to the Catholic faith, had assisted the Pope and Philip, and their band of English, Scotch, and Irish conspirators, to shake Elizabeth's throne and endanger her life? }}

    Synonyms

    * (enclose) (l), (l), (l), (l) * (remove the bowels) (l), (l)