Intimidate vs Intimation - What's the difference?
intimidate | intimation |
To make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself.
The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
Announcement; declaration.
* (Holland)
A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
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* 1862 , (Henry David Thoreau), :
As a verb intimidate
is to make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.As a noun intimation is
the act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.intimidate
English
Verb
(intimidat)- He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.
Synonyms
* dishearten * abash * dauntReferences
* *intimation
English
Noun
(en noun)- They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.
- Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him.
- At length, perchance, the immaterial heaven will appear as much higher to the American mind, and the intimations that star it as much brighter.