Pillory vs Abase - What's the difference?
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A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
To put in a pillory.
To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
To criticize harshly.
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(archaic) To lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
To lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade.
(obsolete) To lower in value, in particular as altering the content of alloys in coins.
In transitive terms the difference between pillory and abase
is that pillory is to criticize harshly while abase is to lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade.As a noun pillory
is a framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.pillory
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(wikipedia pillory)Noun
(pillories)Verb
(en-verb)citation, page= , passage=The breakthrough came through Torres who, pilloried for his miss against Manchester United a week earlier, scored his second goal of the season.}}
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Verb
(abas)- "Saying so, he abased his lance''." - ''
- "Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased'' ." - ''Luke 14:11
