extort |
get |
As verbs the difference between extort and get
is that
extort is to wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt while
get is (
label) to obtain; to acquire.
As a noun get is
offspring or
get can be (british|regional) a
git or
get can be (judaism) a jewish writ of divorce.
extort |
false |
As a verb extort
is to wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
As an adjective false is
(
label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.
extort |
admonish |
As verbs the difference between extort and admonish
is that
extort is to wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt while
admonish is to warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.
extort |
fleece |
As verbs the difference between extort and fleece
is that
extort is to wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt while
fleece is to con or trick someone out of money.
As a noun fleece is
(uncountable) hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal.
steal |
extort |
As verbs the difference between steal and extort
is that
steal is (
lb) to take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else while
extort is to wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
As a noun steal
is the act of stealing.
usurp |
extort |
As verbs the difference between usurp and extort
is that
usurp is to seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means while
extort is to wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
extort |
extend |
In lang=en terms the difference between extort and extend
is that
extort is to wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt while
extend is to straighten (a limb).
As verbs the difference between extort and extend
is that
extort is to wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt while
extend is to increase in extent.
racket |
extort |
As verbs the difference between racket and extort
is that
racket is to strike with, or as if with, a racket while
extort is to wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
As a noun racket
is a racquet: an implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.
retort |
extort |
As verbs the difference between retort and extort
is that
retort is to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation or
retort can be to heat in a retort while
extort is to wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
As a noun retort
is a sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback or
retort can be (chemistry) a flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.
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