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Swoon vs Ogle - What's the difference?

swoon | ogle |

As nouns the difference between swoon and ogle

is that swoon is a faint while ogle is an impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.

As verbs the difference between swoon and ogle

is that swoon is to faint, to lose consciousness while ogle is to stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.

swoon

English

Alternative forms

* swound (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A faint.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
    • "I felt my strength fading away, and I was in a half swoon . How long this horrible thing lasted I know not, but it seemed that a long time must have passed before he took his foul, awful, sneering mouth away. I saw it drip with the fresh blood!"
  • An infatuation

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated) to faint, to lose consciousness
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1918 , year_published=2008 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Edgar Rice Burroughs , title=The Gods of Mars , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage= I dropped the vessel quickly to a lower level. Nor was I a moment too soon. The girl had swooned . }}
  • to be overwhelmed by emotion (especially infatuation)

    • Derived terms

    * swooningly

    Synonyms

    * (faint) black out, faint, lose consciousness, pass out * (be overwhelmed by emotion)

    ogle

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (Northern England)

    Verb

    (ogl)
  • (intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
  • * Dryden
    • And ogling all their audience, ere they speak.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.

    • Anagrams

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