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Worry vs Mope - What's the difference?

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Worry is a related term of mope.


In lang=en terms the difference between worry and mope

is that worry is to cause concern or anxiety while mope is to make spiritless and stupid.

As verbs the difference between worry and mope

is that worry is to seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf while mope is to carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout.

As nouns the difference between worry and mope

is that worry is a strong feeling of anxiety while mope is a dull, spiritless person.

worry

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
    • Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.
  • To harass; to irritate or distress.
    • The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors.
  • Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
    • Your tone of voice worries me.
  • To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.
    • Stop worrying about your test, it’ll be fine.
  • (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To strangle.
  • To cause concern or anxiety.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.}}

    Synonyms

    * (trouble mentally) fret

    Noun

    (worries)
  • A strong feeling of anxiety.
  • :
  • An instance or cause of such a feeling.
  • :

    • Derived terms

    * worried * worrisome

    mope

    English

    Verb

    (mop)
  • To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout
  • To make spiritless and stupid.

    • Derived terms

    * moper * mopery

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dull, spiritless person.
    • (Burton)
  • (pornography industry) A bottom feeder who "mopes" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay.
  • * 2011 : LA Weekly , documenting uses dating to the 1990s
    • The porn industry is many things. Subtle is not one of them. So when Porn Inc. went searching for a job title for people like Stephen Hill, the choice was "mope ." It's based on the off-camera life of these fringe actors, hangers-on who mope around the studios hoping for a bit role, which if they're lucky might bring them $50 plus food — and the chance to have sex with a real, live woman. [http://www.laweekly.com/2011-02-24/news/porn-machete-murder/]

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