Fetish vs Bring - What's the difference?
fetish | bring |
Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
Something sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body, which arouses sexual desire or is necessary for one to reach full sexual satisfaction.
(US) An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation.
* 1933': ''We have a feeling that it must be "honest" work, because it is hard and disagreeable, and we have made a sort of '''fetish of manual work.'' -- George Orwell, ''Down and Out in Paris and London , Ch. XXII, pg. 117 (Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition).
(lb) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
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, title= To supply or contribute.
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*:“it is not fair of you to bring' against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without ' bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
(lb) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
(lb) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
As a noun fetish
is something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.As a verb bring is
(lb) to transport toward somebody/somewhere.As an interjection bring is
the sound of a telephone ringing.fetish
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(wikipedia fetish)Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(es)- I know a guy who has a foot fetish .
bring
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) bringen, from (etyl) ).Verb
Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", chapter=Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone, isbn=1163911380 , publisher=K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, location=London, editor=Robert von Fleischhacker, page=63 , passage=Ne take noon hede to brynge' togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne ' brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.}}
- At twilight in the summeron the floor.
citation, passage=A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ¶ ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’
Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?, newsfeed=true , passage=Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time.}}
Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}
- It seems so preposterous a thingthat they do not easily bring themselves to it.
