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Subvert vs Subvent - What's the difference?

subvert | subvent |

As verbs the difference between subvert and subvent

is that subvert is to overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly while subvent is (hong kong) to subsidize.

As a noun subvert

is an advertisement created by subvertising.

subvert

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) subverten, from (etyl) subvertir, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
  • * John Locke
    • This would subvert the principles of all knowledge.
  • To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
    • A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people.
  • To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
    • Derived terms
    * subversion * subversive

    Etymology 2

    , by analogy with advert.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An advertisement created by subvertising.
    • Synonyms
    * subvertisement

    subvent

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Hong Kong) To subsidize.
  • * The Duty Lawyer Service is subvented by the HKSAR government, but independently administered by the legal profession of Hong Kong.
    • 2008 , Department of Justice - Legal System of Hong Kong.[http://www.doj.gov.hk/eng/legal/index.htm]

    Related terms

    * subvention