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Whore vs Slur - What's the difference?

whore | slur |

In obsolete terms the difference between whore and slur

is that whore is a mistress or wife while slur is a trick or deception.

As nouns the difference between whore and slur

is that whore is a prostitute while slur is an insult or slight.

As verbs the difference between whore and slur

is that whore is to prostitute oneself while slur is to insult or slight.

whore

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (vulgar) A prostitute.
  • (vulgar, pejorative) A person who is considered to be sexually promiscuous (see also: slut).
  • * 2004 , Dennis Cooper, The Sluts , page 250
    • So after he fucks the shit out of me, he tells me I'm lying about his whore not being Brad.
  • (vulgar) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
  • (vulgar) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
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  • (vulgar) A contemptible person.
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  • (obsolete) A mistress or wife.
  • * c. 1606 , , Act 1 Scene 2
    • The merciless Macdonald – worthy to be a rebel, for that the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him – from the Western Isles of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied, and fortune on his damned quarrel smiling showed like a rebel's whore .

    Derived terms

    * he-whore * whoredom * whorehouse * whoreish * whorelike * whorely * whoremonger

    Synonyms

    * (prostitute) See also * (promiscuous woman) See also

    Verb

    (whor)
  • (vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
  • (vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
  • (vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
  • (vulgar) To pursue false gods.
  • (vulgar) To pursue false goals.
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    • See also

    * attention whore * concubine * cute hoor (Hiberno-English) * graphics whore * hooker * harlot * stat whore * whore out * whorey * whorish, whoreish * AIDS whore, crackwhore

    Anagrams

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    slur

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An insult or slight.
  • (music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
  • (music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
  • (obsolete) A trick or deception.
  • In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.

    • Verb

    (slurr)
  • To insult or slight.
    • (Tennyson)
  • To run together; to articulate poorly.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}
  • (label) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
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  • To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
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  • To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
    • With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes.
  • To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
  • * 1662 , , (Hudibras)
    • to slur men of what they fought for
  • To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

    • Derived terms

    * slur over

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