Threatened vs Assaulted - What's the difference?
threatened | assaulted |
(threaten)
(ecology, of a plant or animal) At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
Feeling insecure or vulnerable.
(assault)
A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.
* Prescott
* Shakespeare
A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.
(criminal, legal) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him.
(singulare tantum, legal) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm.
(singulare tantum, legal) The tort whose action is such an act.
(fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
As verbs the difference between threatened and assaulted
is that threatened is (threaten) while assaulted is (assault).As an adjective threatened
is (ecology|of a plant or animal) at risk of becoming endangered in the near future.threatened
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)assaulted
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Verb
(head)assault
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Noun
(en noun)- The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault .
- Unshaken bears the assault / Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest.