Menace vs Warning - What's the difference?
menace | warning |
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.
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, passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness,
The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
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, title= Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.
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, title= Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.
As nouns the difference between menace and warning
is that menace is a perceived threat or danger while warning is the action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.As verbs the difference between menace and warning
is that menace is to make threats against (someone); to intimidate while warning is present participle of lang=en.As an interjection warning is
used to warn of danger in signs and notices.menace
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 ----
warning
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}
Snakes and ladders, passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.}}