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Peril vs Undoing - What's the difference?

peril | undoing |

As nouns the difference between peril and undoing

is that peril is a situation of serious and immediate danger while undoing is that which defeats.

As verbs the difference between peril and undoing

is that peril is to cause to be in danger; to imperil while undoing is present participle of lang=en.

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

    * ----

    undoing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which defeats.
    • His fatal flaw was his undoing . In a sense he defeated himself.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
    • So far as the ape was concerned, Sabor reasoned correctly. The little fellow crouched trembling just an instant, but that instant was quite long enough to prove his undoing .

    Verb

    (head)