As verbs the difference between exert and exsert
is that
exert is to put in vigorous action while
exsert is to thrust out.
As an adjective exsert is
standing out; projecting beyond some other part.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
exert English
Verb
( en verb)
To put in vigorous action.
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To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 citation
, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=18 April, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona
, passage=Di Matteo clearly saw Drogba's power as a potential threat to a Barcelona defence stripped of Gerard Pique - but he barely caught sight of goal in a first 45 minutes in which the Catalans exerted their technical superiority.}}
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exsert English
Verb
( en verb)
To thrust out
To protrude
Related terms
* exserted
Adjective
( en adjective)
Standing out; projecting beyond some other part.
- exsert stamens
See also
* insert
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