Nettle vs Offended - What's the difference?
nettle | offended |
Any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
# Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica , the stinging nettles:
## Most, but not all, subspecies of ,
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# Wood nettle ();
# (vern)s and (spurge nettle)s of genus :
## , (bull nettle), (spurge nettle),
## , (Texas bull nettle),
## , (bull nettle),
## (vern) or (tree nettle)s:
### Various species of the genus ,
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# (rock nettle) ();
# (small-leaved nettle) ().
Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
# (ball nettle) ();
# , (bull nettle), (silver-leaf nettle), (white horse-nettle);
# , (western horse-nettle), (robust horse-nettle);
# , (horse-nettle);
# Celtis .
Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the same family (Lamiaceae as the stinging nettles, that resemble the species of Urtica :
# (dead nettle), (dumb nettle) (Lamium ), particularly , (white nettle);
# (false nettle) ();
# (flame nettle) or (painted nettle) (Coleus );
# (hedge nettle) (Stachys );
# (hemp nettle) ();
# (horse nettle)s:
## ,
## , (ball-nettle), (Carolina horse-nettle),
## , (bull nettle), (silver-leaf nettle), (white horse-nettle);
# (nilgiri nettle), (Himalayan giant nettle) ().
Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
(literally) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.
(figuratively) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone.
(offend)
(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 (intransitive) To feel or become offended, take insult.
(transitive) To physically harm, pain.
(transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
(intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
(transitive) To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
(obsolete, transitive, archaic, biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
* 1896 , Adolphus Frederick Schauffler, Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons , W. A. Wilde company, Page 161,
* New Testament'', Matthew 5:29 (''Sermon on the Mount ),
As verbs the difference between nettle and offended
is that nettle is (literally) of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone while offended is (offend).As a noun nettle
is any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.nettle
English
(wikipedia nettle) (Urtica)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* grasp the nettle * nettle rash * nettlelike * nettlesome * nettlyVerb
(nettl) (transitive)- The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.
Anagrams
* *offended
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Verb
(head)offend
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Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. We nearly crowned her we were so offended . She saw us but she didn't know us, did she?’.}}
- "If any man offend not (stumbles not, is not tripped up) in word, the same is a perfect man."
- "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out."