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Indulge vs Revel - What's the difference?

indulge | revel |

As verbs the difference between indulge and revel

is that indulge is : to yield to a temptation or desire while revel is to make merry; to have a gay, lively time or revel can be (obsolete) to draw back; to retract.

As a noun revel is

an instance of merrymaking; a celebration or revel can be (architecture).

indulge

English

Verb

(indulg)
  • : To yield to a temptation or desire.
    • He looked at the chocolate but didn't indulge .
    I indulged in drinking on the weekend.
  • To satisfy the wishes or whims of.
    • Grandma indulges the kids with sweets.
    I love to indulge myself with beautiful clothes.
  • * Atterbury
    • Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly.
  • To give way to (a habit or temptation); not to oppose or restrain.
    • to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations
  • To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment.
  • To grant as by favour; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light / Indulge , dread Chaos, and eternal Night!

    Synonyms

    * (to satisfy the wishes of) coddle, cosset, pamper, spoil * See also

    Related terms

    * indulgence * indulgent * indulger

    Anagrams

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    revel

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
    • Our revels now are ended.
  • *
  • *:"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels ? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places."
    • Derived terms
    * revelry

    Verb

  • To make merry; to have a gay, lively time.
  • * 1997 , The Art of Practicing, a Guide to Making Music from the Heart
    • Slowing down doesn't have to feel like holding back. It can be an opportunity to revel in sounds and sensations, to not be so concerned about where we are going but to enjoy the moment and become comfortable where we are.
    Synonyms
    * (make merry) carouse, celebrate
    Derived terms
    * reveller/reveler

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) revellere; .

    Verb

    (revell)
  • (obsolete) To draw back; to retract.
    • (Harvey)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture)

    • Anagrams

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