Relief vs Amuse - What's the difference?
relief | amuse |
The removal of stress or discomfort.
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, passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness,
The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
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, chapter=20 The person who takes over a shift for another.
Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
(legal) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
A lowering of a tax through special provisions; short for tax relief.
A type of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
The difference of elevations on a surface.
To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.
* Gilpin
To cause laughter, to be funny.
(archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
* Johnson
(archaic) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
* Holland
* Fuller
As a noun relief
is embossment (especially that on a map).As a verb amuse is
.relief
English
(wikipedia relief)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . See also relieve.Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Tony's face expressed relief , and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,
Synonyms
* (removal of stress and discomfort) ease, alleviation, liss, respite * (feeling of removal of stress and discomfort) ease, alleviation, liss * (person who takes over a shift) stand-in, substitute, backup, fill-inDerived terms
* relieve * relief agency * relief pitcher * relief map * relief workerEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the relief on that part of the Earth's surface
Synonyms
* (type of artwork) embossing * (difference of elevations on a surface) texture, topographyAnagrams
* * ----amuse
English
Verb
- I watch these movies because they amuse me.
- It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people haven't got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.
- A group of children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake.
- He amused his followers with idle promises.
- Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold.
- Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house.