Eschew vs Frustrate - What's the difference?
eschew | frustrate | Related terms |
To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
To hinder or thwart.
To cause stress or panic
Eschew is a related term of frustrate.
As verbs the difference between eschew and frustrate
is that eschew is (formal) to avoid; to shun, to shy away from while frustrate is to disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.As an adjective frustrate is
vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory.eschew
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Usage notes
* The verb is not normally applied to the avoidance or shunning of a person or physical object, but rather, only to the avoidance or shunning of an idea, concept, or other intangible.Quotations
{{timeline , 1500s=1599 , 1900s=1927 , 2010s=2014}} * *: What cannot be eschew’d must be embrac’d. * 1927 , *: He could afford no servants, and would admit but few visitors to his absolute solitude; eschewing close friendships and receiving his rare acquaintances in one of the three ground-floor rooms which he kept in order. * '>citationDerived terms
* (l)References
frustrate
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Verb
(frustrat)- It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.
- My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.
- This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.