Hangman vs Condemn - What's the difference?
hangman | condemn |
(countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
* 1606 , , Act II Scene II
(uncountable, games) A guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows.
To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.
To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
To scold sharply; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain
To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
(legal) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
As a noun hangman
is (countable) an executioner responsible for hanging criminals.As a verb condemn is
to confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.hangman
English
(wikipedia hangman)Noun
- One cried, "God bless us!" and "Amen" the other,
- As they had seen me with these hangman' s hands.
Derived terms
* cheat the hangmanSee also
* hangman's noose * hangingcondemn
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Verb
(en verb)- The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- The president condemns the terrorist.
- The president condemns the terrorist attacks.
