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Jeopard vs Peril - What's the difference?

jeopard | peril |

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

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard.
  • *:
  • *: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.”
  • Synonyms

    * jeopardize

    References

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    peril

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A situation of serious and immediate danger.
  • Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
  • The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
  • (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
  • Synonyms

    * danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat, wathe * See also

    Derived terms

    * yellow peril

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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?"
  • Anagrams

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