Egregious vs Consign - What's the difference?
egregious | consign |
Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
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Outrageously bad; shocking.
(business) To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
To entrust to the care of another.
* Alexander Pope
To send to a final destination.
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To assign; to devote; to set apart.
* Dryden
To stamp or impress; to affect.
* Jeremy Taylor
As an adjective egregious
is exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.As a verb consign is
(business) to transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.egregious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
- I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"
- My lord, you give me most egregious indignity.
- When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious .
Usage notes
The negative meaning arose in the late 16th century, probably originating in sarcasm. Before that, it meant outstanding in a good way. Webster also gives “distinguished” as an archaic form, and notes that its present form often has an unpleasant connotation (e.g., "an egregious error" ). It generally precedes such epithets as “rogue,” “rascal,” "ass," “blunderer”.consign
English
Verb
(en verb)- Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, / Consigned the youthful consort to his care.
- to consign the body to the grave
- At the day of general account, good men are to be consigned over to another state.
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- The French commander consigned it to the use for which it was intended by the donor.
- Consign my spirit with great fear.
