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Indulge vs Unleash - What's the difference?

indulge | unleash |

As verbs the difference between indulge and unleash

is that indulge is : to yield to a temptation or desire while unleash is to free from a leash, or as from a leash.

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

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    unleash

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To free from a leash, or as from a leash
  • He unleashed his dog in the park.
  • to let go; to release
  • He unleashed his fury.
  • To precipitate; to bring about
  • * {{quote-news, year=2013, date=April 9, author=Andrei Lankov, title=Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?}}
  • (soccer) To strike; kick
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=John Sinnott , title=Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=As Bent pulled away to the far post, Agbonlahor opted to go it alone, motoring past Gary Caldwell before unleashing a shot into the roof of the net.}}

    Antonyms

    * leash * leash up