Threaten vs Interminate - What's the difference?
threaten | interminate |
To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=2 To menace, or be dangerous.
To portend, or give a warning of.
(obsolete) To menace; to threaten.
As verbs the difference between threaten and interminate
is that threaten is to make a threat against someone; to use threats while interminate is (obsolete) to menace; to threaten.As an adjective interminate is
without end or limit; boundless; infinite.threaten
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.}}
- He threatened me with a knife.
- The rocks threatened the ship's survival.
- The black clouds threatened heavy rain.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . Seeinterminate
English
Etymology 1
Synonyms
* interminatedEtymology 2
(etyl) (lena) interminatus, past participle of interminari.Verb
(interminat)- (Bishop Hall)