Revile vs Swear - What's the difference?
revile | swear |
To attack (someone) with abusive language.
* Bible, 1 Peter ii. 23
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) reproach; reviling
To take an oath.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
(lb) To use offensive language.
Heavy.
Top-heavy; too high.
Dull; heavy; lazy; slow; reluctant; unwilling.
Niggardly.
A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
As verbs the difference between revile and swear
is that revile is to attack (someone) with abusive language while swear is to take an oath or swear can be to be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.As nouns the difference between revile and swear
is that revile is (obsolete) reproach; reviling while swear is a swearword.As an adjective swear is
heavy.revile
English
Verb
(en-verb)- who, when he was reviled , reviled not again
- And did not she herself revile me there?
Synonyms
* reproach * scold * vilify * vituperateNoun
(-)- The gracious Judge, without revile , replied. — Milton.