Swear vs Vowe - What's the difference?
swear | vowe |
To take an oath.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
(lb) To use offensive language.
Heavy.
Top-heavy; too high.
Dull; heavy; lazy; slow; reluctant; unwilling.
Niggardly.
A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
*{{quote-book, year=1592, author=R.D., title=Hypnerotomachia, chapter=, edition=
, passage=And his discreete father, being safe according to his vowe , hanging vp his wings in the temple of Appollo . }}
*{{quote-book, year=1504, author=Nicholas Udall, title=Roister Doister, chapter=, edition=
, passage=I vse to kisse all them that I loue to God I vowe . }}
As verbs the difference between swear and vowe
is that swear is to take an oath or swear can be to be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours while vowe is .As nouns the difference between swear and vowe
is that swear is a swearword while vowe is .As an adjective swear
is heavy.swear
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sweren, swerien, from (etyl) through Proto-Indo-European.Verb
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* In sense 1, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeSynonyms
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* swear by * swear like a trooper * swear on a stack of Bibles * swear out * swear to God * swear wordEtymology 2
From the above verb, or from (etyl) sware, from (etyl) swaru, from (etyl) .Etymology 3
From (etyl) swer, swar, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l)Adjective
(en-adj)Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l)vowe
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