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Grieve vs Moarn - What's the difference?

grieve | moarn |

As nouns the difference between grieve and moarn

is that grieve is (obsolete) a governor of a town or province while moarn is morning.

As a verb grieve

is to cause sorrow or distress to.

As a adverb moarn is

tomorrow.

grieve

English

Etymology 1

From the conjugated forms of (etyl) .

Verb

(griev)
  • To cause sorrow or distress to.
  • * Bible, Eph. iv. 30
    • Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.
  • * Cowper
    • The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
  • To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
    • to grieve one's fate
  • To experience grief.
  • (archaic) To harm.
  • To submit or file a grievance.
  • * 2009 D'Amico, Rob , Editor, Texas Teacher , published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO); "Austin classified employees gain due process rights", April 2009, p14:
    • Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the [...] Board of Trustees.
    Derived terms
    * grieved * griever * grievingly
    Related terms
    * grievance * grievous * grief

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
  • (chiefly, Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve .
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs ----

    moarn

    Not English

    Moarn has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'moarn':

    maroon, moron, mourn, morion, marron, morn, mirin, moran, meron, murein, morin, moreen