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Perish vs Forfare - What's the difference?

perish | forfare |

As verbs the difference between perish and forfare

is that perish is to pass away; to come to naught; to waste away; to decay and disappear while forfare is (intransitive|dialectal|or|obsolete) to go to ruin; be destroyed; perish.

perish

English

Verb

(es)
  • To pass away; to come to naught; to waste away; to decay and disappear.
  • To die; to cease to live.
  • * 1719 ,
    • ...the ship struck upon a sand, and ... the sea broke over her in such a manner that we expected we should all have perished immediately; and we were immediately driven into our close quarters, to shelter us from the very foam and spray of the sea.
  • (obsolete) To cause to perish.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Synonyms

    * decease, pass away * See also

    Derived terms

    * perish the thought

    Related terms

    * perishable

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    forfare

    English

    Verb

  • (intransitive, dialectal, or, obsolete) To go to ruin; be destroyed; perish.
  • (transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete) To destroy; ruin.

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