Inviolate vs Violate - What's the difference?
inviolate | violate |
Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
Incorruptible.
To break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.).
To rape.
As an adjective inviolate
is not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.As a verb violate is
{{cx|sometimes|computing|lang=en}} To break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.).inviolate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His fortune of arms was still inviolate . — Francis Bacon.
- Inviolate truth. — Denham.
- There chaste Alceste lives inviolate . — Spenser.
References
* ----violate
English
Verb
(violat)- The program tried to write to privileged memory, so it was flagged with a protect violate error.
- Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.