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Terms vs Discountenances - What's the difference?

terms | discountenances |

As a noun terms

is .

As a verb discountenances is

(discountenance).

terms

English

Noun

(head)

    • Statistics

    * ----

    discountenances

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (discountenance)

    • discountenance

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To have an unfavorable opinion of; to deprecate or disapprove of.
  • * Bancroft
    • A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot.
  • To abash, embarrass or disconcert.
  • * Milton
    • How would one look from his majestic brow Discountenance her despised!
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation.