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Harrass vs Oppress - What's the difference?

harrass | oppress |

As verbs the difference between harrass and oppress

is that harrass is while oppress is (obsolete) physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

harrass

English

Verb

to harrass
  • (dated) To harass

    • Quotations

    *1829 Jared Sparks - The Correspondence of the American Revolution *:If the Americans have horse well trained to the woods, it will harrass such an army infinitely

    oppress

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
  • * , II.x:
    • Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse , / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse.
  • To keep down by force
    • The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
  • To make sad or gloomy
    • We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.

    Related terms

    * oppression

    External links

    * * English transitive verbs