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Exclaim vs Assure - What's the difference?

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In obsolete terms the difference between exclaim and assure

is that exclaim is exclamation; outcry, clamor while assure is to guarantee, promise (to do something).

As a noun exclaim

is exclamation; outcry, clamor.

exclaim

English

Alternative forms

* exclame

Verb

(en verb)
  • (lb) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
  • *
  • *:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.
  • * 1635 , John Donne, "His parting form her":
    • Oh fortune, thou'rt not worth my least exclame [...].

    assure

    English

    Verb

    (assur)
  • To make sure and secure.
  • To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
    • I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.
    He assured of his commitment to her happiness.
  • (obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.ii:
    • That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure .
  • To reassure.