Mischief vs Scourge - What's the difference?
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Harm or evil caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.
One who causes mischief. In a milder sense, one who causes petty annoyances. mischief-maker.
Vexatious or annoying conduct.
(uncountable) A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.
A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-magazine, title=Towards the end of poverty
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A whip, often of leather.
* Chapman
To strike with a scourge , to flog.
Mischief is a related term of scourge.
As nouns the difference between mischief and scourge
is that mischief is harm or evil caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause while scourge is (uncountable) a source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.As a verb scourge is
to strike with a scourge , to flog.mischief
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(en noun)Quotations
* 1914–1915' "I fear this means that there is some '''mischief afoot." — Sherlock Holmes in ''.Synonyms
* (evil) agitation, annoyance, corruption, damage, demolition, destruction, detriment, disablement, disruption, evil, harm, hurt, ill, impairment, incapacitation, injury, nuisance, pique, ravage, sabotage, scathe, trouble, undoing, unmaking, vexation, weakening, wrong * (mischief-maker) bad boy, booger, buffoon, bugger, cutup, devil, elf, enfant terrible, fun-maker, hell-raiser, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, joker, jokester, knave, life of the party, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, minx, mischief-maker, pixie, practical joker, prankster, puck, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, thug, trouble maker, vandal, wag * (annoying conduct) bad manners, badness, delinquincy, devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, disobedience, elfishness, goings-on, hanky-panky, impishness, impropriety, misbehavior, mischievousness, misconduct, misdemeanor, monkey business, naughtiness, prankishness, pranksomeness, puckishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, scampishness * See also * See alsoDerived terms
* malicious mischief * mischievous * mischievously * mischievousness * mischief-makerscourge
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- What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?
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- Up to coach then goes / The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins.