Menace vs Rascal - What's the difference?
menace | rascal |
a perceived threat or danger
* Dryden
the act of threatening
an annoying and bothersome person
To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
* Shakespeare
To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
* Shakespeare
To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.
A dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.
A playfully mischievous person or creature; a troublemaker.
A member of a criminal gang in Papua New Guinea.
As nouns the difference between menace and rascal
is that menace is a perceived threat or danger while rascal is a dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.As a verb menace
is to make threats against (someone); to intimidate.As an adjective rascal is
low; lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble.As a proper noun Rascal is
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English
Etymology 1
First attested ante 1300: from the (etyl) manace, menace, from the (etyl) .Noun
(menaces)- the dark menace of the distant war
References
* “menace, n.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989
Etymology 2
First attested in 1303: from the (etyl) menacer, manecier, manechier and the (etyl) manasser, from the assumed , whence .Verb
(transitive'' or ''intransitive )- to menace a country with war
- My master did menace me with death.
- By oath he menaced / Revenge upon the cardinal.
References
* “menace, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989 ----
rascal
English
Noun
(en noun)- That little rascal bit me!
- If you have deer in the area, you may have to put a fence around your garden to keep the rascals out.