Subvert vs Subverter - What's the difference?
subvert | subverter |
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
* Shakespeare
* John Locke
To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
As nouns the difference between subvert and subverter
is that subvert is an advertisement created by subvertising while subverter is one who subverts.As a verb subvert
is to overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.subvert
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) subverten, from (etyl) subvertir, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- He razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
- This would subvert the principles of all knowledge.
- A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people.
