Drawl vs Protest - What's the difference?
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To drag on slowly and heavily; while or dawdle away time indolently.
To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy mannner.
To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
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a way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some .
(label) To make a strong objection.
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
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(label) To affirm (something).
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I will protest your cowardice.
*1919 , , (The Moon and Sixpence) ,
*:She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.
To object to.
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To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Fiercely [they] opposed / My journey strange, with clamorous uproar / Protesting fate supreme.
to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
A formal objection, especially one by a group.
A collective gesture of disapproval: a demonstration.
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Drawl is a related term of protest.
As nouns the difference between drawl and protest
is that drawl is a way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together characteristic of some while protest is protest.As a verb drawl
is to drag on slowly and heavily; while or dawdle away time indolently.drawl
English
Verb
- Theologians and moralists talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it.
Noun
(en noun)See also
* brogue * lilt * lisp * twangprotest
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(wikipedia protest)Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.}}