Suspense vs Suspect - What's the difference?
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In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between suspense and suspect is that suspense is (obsolete) expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt while suspect is (obsolete) to look up to; to respect. As nouns the difference between suspense and suspect is that suspense is the condition of being suspended; cessation for a time while suspect is a person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime. As adjectives the difference between suspense and suspect is that suspense is (obsolete) held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding while suspect is viewed with suspicion; suspected. As a verb suspect is to imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
suspense Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)
Noun
( -)
The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.
* Alexander Pope
- a cool suspense from pleasure and from pain
the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.
* Denham
- Ten days the prophet in suspense remained.
(legal) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
Derived terms
* suspenseful
Related terms
* cliffhanger
* tenterhook
Adjective
( -)
(obsolete) Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
* Milton
- [The great light of day] suspense in heaven.
(obsolete) Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.
* Milton
- Expectation held his look suspense .
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suspect English
Verb
( en verb)
To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
- to suspect the presence of disease
* Milton
- From her hand I could suspect no ill.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=5 citation
, passage=Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected .}}
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
, volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=( The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution
, passage=WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected , but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.}}
To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
- to suspect the truth of a story
- (Addison)
To believe (someone) to be guilty.
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To have suspicion.
(obsolete) To look up to; to respect.
Synonyms
* (imagine or suppose to be true) imagine, suppose, think
* (sense) distrust, doubt
* (believe to be guilty) accuse, point the finger at
Noun
( wikipedia suspect)
( en noun)
A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
- Round up the usual suspects.'' — ''Casablanca
Adjective
( en adjective)
Viewed with suspicion; suspected.
* (rfdate) (John Milton):
- What I can do or offer is suspect .
* '>citation
- In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature , David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans.
(nonstandard) Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.
* 2004 , Will Nickell, letter to the editor of Field & Stream , Volume CIX Number 8 (December 2004–January 2005), page 18 :
- Now I’m suspect of other advice that I read in your pages.
Synonyms
* (viewed with suspicion) dodgy (informal), doubtful, dubious, fishy (informal), suspicious
Related terms
* suspicion
* suspicious
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