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Subduce vs Subdue - What's the difference?

subduce | subdue |

As verbs the difference between subduce and subdue

is that subduce is to withdraw; to take away while subdue is to overcome, quieten, or bring under control.

subduce

English

Verb

(subduc)
  • To withdraw; to take away.
    • (Milton)
  • To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should subduce ten.

    Related terms

    * subduct (Webster 1913) ----

    subdue

    English

    Verb

    (subdu)
  • To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Bulgaria 0-3 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued .}}
  • To bring (a country) under control by force.

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