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Insult vs Incense - What's the difference?

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Insult is a related term of incense.


In lang=en terms the difference between insult and incense

is that insult is to offend (someone) by being rude, insensitive or insolent; to demean or affront (someone) while incense is to perfume with, or as with, incense.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between insult and incense

is that insult is (obsolete) the act of leaping on; onset; attack while incense is (obsolete) to set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

As verbs the difference between insult and incense

is that insult is (obsolete|intransitive) to behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over, against) while incense is to anger or infuriate.

As nouns the difference between insult and incense

is that insult is an action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude while incense is a perfume used in the rites of various religions.

insult

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over, against).
  • *, II.3.3:
    • thou hast lost all, poor thou art, dejected, in pain of body, grief of mind, thine enemies insult over thee, thou art as bad as Job […].
  • To offend (someone) by being rude, insensitive or insolent; to demean or affront (someone).
  • (obsolete) To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * (to offend) abuse, affront, offend, slight * See also

    Antonyms

    *compliment

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.
  • * Savage
    • the ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief
  • * 1987 , Jamie Lee Curtis, A Fish Called Wanda :
    • To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people!
  • Anything that causes offence/offense, e.g. by being of an unacceptable quality.
    • The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears.
  • (medicine) Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes.
  • * 2006 , Stephen G. Lomber, Jos J. Eggermont, Reprogramming the Cerebral Cortex (page 415)
  • * 2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 96:
    • Within the complex genome of most organisms there are alternative multiple pathways of proteins which can help the individual cell survive a variety of insults , for example radiation, toxic chemicals, heat, excessive or reduced oxygen.
  • (obsolete) The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
    • (Dryden)

    Synonyms

    * (deliberatedly intended to be rude) abuse (uncountable), affront, offence (UK)/offense (US), pejorative, slam, slight, slur * (thing causing offence by being of unacceptable quality) disgrace, outrage * See also

    Antonyms

    *compliment

    Related terms

    * insolence * insultation

    Anagrams

    * * English heteronyms

    incense

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia incense)
  • A perfume used in the rites of various religions.

    • Derived terms

    * incense boat * incense cedar

    Verb

  • To anger or infuriate.
    • I think it would incense him to learn the truth.
  • (archaic) To incite, stimulate.
  • To offer incense to.
    • (Chaucer)
  • To perfume with, or as with, incense.
  • * Marston
    • Incensed with wanton sweetes.
  • (obsolete) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
  • * Chapman
    • Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labour to incense / Thy glorious heap of funeral.