Jeopard vs Peril - What's the difference?
jeopard | peril |
To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard.
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*:Soo they come vnto Carlyon / wherof his knyghtes were passynge glad / And whanne they herd of his auentures / they merueilled that he wold ieoparde his persone soo al one / But alle men of worship said it was mery to be vnder suche a chyuetayne that wolde put his persone in auenture as other poure knyghtes dyd
*1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) XV:
*:It semed therfore to us a goode thyngeto sende chosen men unto you, with oure beloved Barnabas and Paul, men that have ieoperded theyr lives, for the name of oure lorde Jesus Christ.
*1819 , (Walter Scott), (Ivanhoe) :
*:“And, by the Saint Christopher at my baldric,” said the good yeoman, “were there no other cause than the safety of that poor faithful knave, Wamba, I would jeopard a joint ere a hair of his head were hurt.”
A situation of serious and immediate danger.
Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
(insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
To cause to be in danger; to imperil.
* 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XIV:
*:"I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"
As a verb jeopard
is to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard.As a noun peril is
peril, danger.jeopard
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(en verb)Synonyms
* jeopardizeReferences
*peril
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Noun
(en noun)- The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)