Protest vs Siege - What's the difference?
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(label) To make a strong objection.
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
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(label) To affirm (something).
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I will protest your cowardice.
*1919 , , (The Moon and Sixpence) ,
*:She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.
To object to.
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To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Fiercely [they] opposed / My journey strange, with clamorous uproar / Protesting fate supreme.
to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
A formal objection, especially one by a group.
A collective gesture of disapproval: a demonstration.
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, title= (label) A seat.
#(label) A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.
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#*:Now Merlyn said kyng Arthur / goo thow and aspye me in al this land l knyghtes whiche ben of most prowesse & worship / within short tyme merlyn had founde suche kny?tesThenne the Bisshop of Caunterbury was fette and he blessid the syeges' with grete Royalte and deuoycyon / and there sette the viij and xx knyghtes in her ' syeges
#*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queen) , II.vii:
#*:To th'vpper part, where was aduaunced hye / A stately siege of soueraigne maiestye; / And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay.
#(label) An ecclesiastical see.
#(label) The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.
#The seat of a heron while looking out for prey; a flock of heron.
#(label) A privy or lavatory.
#(label) The anus; the rectum.
#*1646 , Sir (Thomas Browne), Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.17:
#*:Another ground were certain holes or cavities observable about the siege ; which being perceived in males, made some conceive there might be also a feminine nature in them.
#(label) Excrements, stool, fecal matter.
#*1610 , (The Tempest) , by (William Shakespeare), act 2 scene 2
#*:Thou art very Trinculo indeed! How cam'st thou / to be the siege of this moon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos?
#(label) Rank; grade; station; estimation.
#*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
#*:I fetch my life and being / From men of royal siege .
#(label) The floor of a glass-furnace.
#(label) A workman's bench.
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(label) Military action.
#A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
#*1748 , (David Hume), Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, Section 3 §5:
#*:The Peloponnesian war is a proper subject for history, the siege of Athens for an epic poem, and the death of Alcibiades for a tragedy.
#(label) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
#(label) A prolonged assault or attack.
#*{{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 19, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= To assault a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.
In transitive terms the difference between protest and siege
is that protest is to affirm (something) while siege is to assault a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.As verbs the difference between protest and siege
is that protest is to make a strong objection while siege is to assault a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.As nouns the difference between protest and siege
is that protest is a formal objection, especially one by a group while siege is A seat.protest
English
(wikipedia protest)Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.}}
Synonyms
* dissent * objection * protestationDerived terms
* Protestant * protestation * protester * protest march * under protestAnagrams
* * English heteronyms ----siege
English
(wikipedia siege)Alternative forms
* syegeNoun
(en noun)England 1-0 Ukraine, passage=But once again Hodgson's men found a way to get the result they required and there is a real air of respectability about their campaign even though they had to survive a first-half siege from a Ukraine side desperate for the win they needed to progress.}}