Subverted vs Subvented - What's the difference?
subverted | subvented |
(subvert)
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).
(subvent)
(Hong Kong) To subsidize.
* The Duty Lawyer Service is subvented by the HKSAR government, but independently administered by the legal profession of Hong Kong.
As verbs the difference between subverted and subvented
is that subverted is (subvert) while subvented is (subvent).subverted
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Verb
(head)subvert
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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.
Derived terms
* subversion * subversiveEtymology 2
, by analogy with advert.Synonyms
* subvertisementsubvented
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Verb
(head)subvent
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Verb
(en verb)- 2008 , Department of Justice - Legal System of Hong Kong.[http://www.doj.gov.hk/eng/legal/index.htm]