Darn vs See - What's the difference?
darn | see |
(euphemistic) Damn.
(degree, euphemistic) Damned.
(sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.
* Jonathan Swift
To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
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# To witness or observe by personal experience.
#* (Bible), (w) viii. 51
To form a mental picture of.
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, title= # (label) To understand.
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, title= # To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
(label) To meet, to visit.
# To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
#* (Bible), 1 (w) xv. 35
# To date frequently.
(label) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
(label) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if'' or ''whether ).
(used in the imperative ) Used to emphasise a proposition.
A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric
A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
* Spenser
As verbs the difference between darn and see
is that darn is euphemism of damn while see is to perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.As nouns the difference between darn and see
is that darn is a place mended by darning while see is a diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.As an adjective darn
is damn.As an adverb darn
is damned.As an interjection darn
is damn.darn
English
Etymology 1
Alteration ofAdjective
(-)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* darn tootin'Adverb
(-)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* darn tootin'Synonyms
* dang * damnEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- I need to darn these socks again.
- He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings.
Anagrams
* * * English degree adverbssee
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path.
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
Wings of Desire, passage=It is not just that we see birds as little versions of ourselves. It is also that, at the same time, they stand outside any moral process. They are utterly indifferent. This absolute oblivion on their part, this lack of sharing, is powerful.}}
Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic
- And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death.
Synonyms
* (perceive with the eyes) behold, descry, espy, observe, view * (understand) follow, get, understandDerived terms
* aftersee * besee * foresee * forsee * insee * missee * outsee * oversee * see a man about a dog * see for * see things * see someone right * see stars * see the light of day * see through * see-through * see with one's own eyes * undersee * unseeSee also
* look * sight * watchEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Jove laughed on Venus from his sovereign see .