Mutilate vs Mar - What's the difference?
mutilate | mar | Related terms |
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
To destroy beyond recognition.
(figuratively) To render imperfect or defective.
(obsolete) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
(zoology) Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean does.
(Webster 1913)
To spoil, to damage.
* Dryden
* Milton
Mutilate is a related term of mar.
As a verb mutilate
is to physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.As an adjective mutilate
is (obsolete) deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.As a noun mar is
sea.mutilate
English
Verb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* maim * mangleDerived terms
* mutilation * mutilative * mutilatorSee also
* amputate, amputation * castrate, castration * circumcise, circumcisionAdjective
(-)- (Sir Thomas Browne)
Alternative forms
* (abbreviation)Anagrams
* ----mar
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(marr)- But mirth is marred , and the good cheer is lost.
- Ire, envy, and despair / Which marred all his borrowed visage.