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Mangle vs Lacerate - What's the difference?

mangle | lacerate | Synonyms |

As verbs the difference between mangle and lacerate

is that mangle is to change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc while lacerate is to tear, rip or wound.

As a noun mangle

is a hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.

As an adjective lacerate is

jagged, as if torn or lacerated.

mangle

English

(wikipedia mangle)

Verb

(mangl)
  • To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
  • * Milton
    • mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • when they are disposed to mangle a play or novel
  • (archaic) To wring laundry.
  • (computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
  • The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.

    • Derived terms

    * put through the mangle

    Anagrams

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    lacerate

    English

    Verb

    (lacerat)
  • To tear, rip or wound.
  • To thoroughly defeat; to thrash
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=When the fixtures tumbled out of the computer for the start of a newly promoted season, Nigel Adkins must have wondered whether he had unknowingly broken any mirrors while walking under a ladder. Hot on the heels of a tough introduction to both Manchester clubs, a rampant Arsenal lacerated Southampton.}}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.
    • The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.
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