Rant vs Lament - What's the difference?
rant | lament |
To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
* Bible, John xvi. 20
To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.
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* Dryden
As nouns the difference between rant and lament
is that rant is a criticism done by ranting while lament is an expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.As verbs the difference between rant and lament
is that rant is to speak or shout at length in an uncontrollable anger while lament is to express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.lament
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* (l) (rare)Verb
(en verb)- Ye shall weep and lament , but the world shall rejoice.
Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
- By the end, Sunderland were lucky to lose by the same scoreline Northampton Town suffered against Southampton, in 1921. The Sunderland manager, Gus Poyet, lamented that it was “the most embarrassed I’ve ever been on a football pitch, without a doubt”.
- One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.
