Foisted vs Fristed - What's the difference?
foisted | fristed |
(foist)
To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
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To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit.
To pass off as genuine or worthy.
* (rfdate) Jonathan Spivak — foist costly and valueless products on the public
A thief or pickpocket.
* 1977 , Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld , Folio Society 2006, p. 54:
(obsolete) A light and fast-sailing ship.
(frist)
(obsolete) A certain space or period of time; respite.
A delay; respite.
Credit; trust.
To sell (goods) on trust or credit.
To grant respite.
To give a debtor credit or time for payment.
To defer; postpone.
As verbs the difference between foisted and fristed
is that foisted is (foist) while fristed is (frist).foisted
English
Verb
(head)foist
English
Etymology 1
Probably from obsolete (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)The Gift of Language
- attempts to foist alleged grammatical “correctness” on native speakers of an “incorrect” dialect are nothing but the unacknowledged and oppressive exercise of social control
Synonyms
* fob off * pass off * pawn off * palm offNoun
(en noun)- The foist had lately arrived form the country and was known to be doing a thriving trade in and around Westminster Hall where many country folk and others came to see lawyers.
Etymology 2
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
fristed
English
Verb
(head)frist
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) *. See also (l).Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) *.Verb
(en verb)- (Crabb)