Threaten vs Threaden - What's the difference?

threaten | threaden |

As a verb threaten

is to make a threat against someone; to use threats.

As an adjective threaden is

(label) made or woven of thread; textile.

threaten

English

Verb

(en verb)

To make a threat against someone; to use threats.

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He threatened me with a knife.

To menace, or be dangerous.

The rocks threatened the ship's survival.

To portend, or give a warning of.

The black clouds threatened heavy rain.

Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

threaden

English

Adjective

(-)

(label) Made or woven of thread; textile.

(Shakespeare)

*1811 , Tobias George Smollett, The Critical Review :

Thy gloves they were made of a threaden stitch, Thou kept on thy hands to hide the itch; […]

*1861 , Thomas Adams, The Works of Thomas Adams :

That kindness plungeth him into a deeper bondage; the first was but a threaden snare, which he might break, but this is an infrangible chain of iron.

*2014 , Ben Jonson, ?Elizabeth Cook, The Alchemist :

Your feet in mouldy slippers, for your kibes, A felt of rug, and a thin threaden cloak, That scarce would cover your no-buttocks— [...]

(Webster 1913)