Oppress vs Subdue - What's the difference?
oppress | subdue |
(obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
* , II.x:
To keep down by force
To make sad or gloomy
To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 2
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Bulgaria 0-3 England
, work=BBC
To bring (a country) under control by force.
As verbs the difference between oppress and subdue
is that oppress is (obsolete) physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush while subdue is to overcome, quieten, or bring under control.oppress
English
Verb
(es)- Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse , / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse.
- The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
- We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.
External links
* * English transitive verbssubdue
English
Verb
(subdu)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 .}}