Mourn vs Depress - What's the difference?
mourn | depress |
To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
* Bible, Genesis xxiii. 2
* Shakespeare
Sorrow, grief.
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*:Anone after ther cam balen / and whan he sawe kynge Arthur / he alyght of his hors / and cam to the kynge on foote / and salewed hym / by my hede saide Arthur ye be welcome / Sire ryght now cam rydynge this way a knyght makynge grete moorne / for what cause I can not telle
A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.
To press down.
To make depressed, sad or bored.
To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
(math) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
As verbs the difference between mourn and depress
is that mourn is to express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death) while depress is to press down.As a noun mourn
is sorrow, grief.mourn
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Alternative forms
* morneVerb
- Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- We mourn' in black; why ' mourn we not in blood?
Noun
(en noun)See also
* grieve * lament * sorrowAnagrams
*depress
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Verb
(es)- Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
- Winter depresses me.
- Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.