Whither vs Exacerbate - What's the difference?
whither | exacerbate |
(literary, or, archaic) To which place.
* 1918 , , Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 8
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To make worse (pain, anger, etc.); aggravate.
* 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]
As verbs the difference between whither and exacerbate
is that whither is to wuther while exacerbate is to make worse (pain, anger, etc.); aggravate.As an adverb whither
is to which place.whither
English
Adverb
(-)- The wagon jolted on, carrying me I knew not whither .
- And with the same grave countenance he hurried through his breakfast and drove to the police station, whither the body had been carried.
Usage notes
* This word is unusual in modern usage; where is much more common. It is more often encountered in older works, or when used poetically. * Do not confuse with whether'' or ''wither .Derived terms
* anywhither * nowhither * whitherward * whithereverSynonyms
* wheretoAntonyms
* whenceexacerbate
English
Verb
(exacerbat)- The proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems.
- The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.