different between depress vs deaden

English

Etymology

From Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin d?pressus, perfect participle of d?prim? (“to press down, to weigh down”), from d?- (“off, away, down, out”) +? prem? (“to press”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??p??s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

depress (third-person singular simple present depresses, present participle depressing, simple past and past participle depressed)

2. To press down.

3. To make depressed, sad or bored.

4. (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.

5. To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
6. (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

Synonyms

• downbear

Derived terms

Translations

References

• depress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• depress in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• pressed, spersed

English

Etymology

dead +? -en. Compare Dutch doden (“to kill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?d?n/
• Rhymes: -?d?n

Verb

deaden (third-person singular simple present deadens, present participle deadening, simple past and past participle deadened)

1. (transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
2. (intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
3. (transitive) To make soundproof.

   to deaden a wall or a floor

Translations

Anagrams

• deaned