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Purge vs Forgive - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between purge and forgive

is that purge is to clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor) while forgive is to pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment.

In intransitive terms the difference between purge and forgive

is that purge is to have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic while forgive is to accord forgiveness.

As a noun purge

is an act of purging.

purge

English

(wikipedia purge)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of .
  • (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
  • A cleansing of pipes.
  • A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
  • Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.
  • That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
  • (Arbuthnot)

    Verb

    (purg)
  • to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
  • (religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
  • To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
  • * Bible, Psalms lxxix. 9
  • Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
  • * Addison
  • We'll join our cares to purge away / Our country's crimes.
  • (medicine) to void (the bowels); to vomit.
  • (medicine) To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner.
  • (legal) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
  • To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
  • To become pure, as by clarification.
  • To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
  • forgive

    English

    Verb

  • To pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment.
  • Only the brave know how to forgive'''...A coward never '''forgave ; it is not in his nature. -
  • To accord forgiveness.
  • Derived terms

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