Tease vs Browbeat - What's the difference?
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To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.
To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
To back-comb.
To poke fun at.
To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
* (1800-1859)
*:Hesuffered them to tease him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations.
*1684 , , (Hudibras)
*:Not by the force of carnal reason, / But indefatigable teasing .
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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
To entice, to tempt.
To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
Tease is a related term of browbeat.
As verbs the difference between tease and browbeat
is that tease is to separate the fibres of a fibrous material while browbeat is to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.As a noun tease
is one who teases.tease
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Verb
(teas)Derived terms
* tease out * teaserSynonyms
* (cock tease) cockteaser, prickteaserAnagrams
*browbeat
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Alternative forms
* brow-beatVerb
- Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.