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Peril vs Exertion - What's the difference?

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Peril is a related term of exertion.


As nouns the difference between peril and exertion

is that peril is peril, danger while exertion is an expenditure of physical or mental effort.

peril

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A situation of serious and immediate danger.
  • Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
    • The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
  • (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.

    • Synonyms

    * danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat, wathe * See also

    Derived terms

    * yellow peril

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to be in danger; to imperil.
  • * 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XIV:
  • *:"I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    exertion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An expenditure of physical or mental effort.

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "exertion": physical, mental, etc.