Eschew vs Sidestep - What's the difference?
eschew | sidestep |
To step to the side.
*1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 180:
*:I He sidestepped , and I went in.
To avoid or dodge.
:They sidestepped the issue.
*{{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Clive Lindsay
, title=Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone
, work=BBC Sport
As verbs the difference between eschew and sidestep
is that eschew is to avoid; to shun, to shy away from while sidestep is to step to the side.As a noun sidestep is
a step to the side.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
sidestep
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Verb
(sidestepp)citation, page= , passage=Kilmarnock ought to have taken the lead on the stroke of half-time when Hefferman set up Kroca and, although the defender neatly sidestepped his marker, he fired straight into the chest of Enckelman.}}