Outrage vs Pah - What's the difference?
outrage | pah |
An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=1 An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
The resentful anger aroused by such acts.
(obsolete) A destructive rampage.
To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
* Atterbury
* Broome
(archaic) To violate; to rape (a female).
(obsolete) To rage in excess of.
(biochemistry) phenylalanine hydroxylase
(healthcare)
(organic chemistry) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
As nouns the difference between outrage and pah
is that outrage is an excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity while pah is (maori fort).As a verb outrage
is to cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.As an interjection pah is
used to express distaste, disgust or outrage.outrage
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
- "by the outrage and fury of the river " (from an old description of flood damage).
Verb
(outrag)- Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return.
- This interview outrages all decency.
- (Young)