different between subversion vs havoc

English

Etymology 1

From Old French subversion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)??n

Noun

subversion (countable and uncountable, plural subversions)

1. The act of subverting or the condition of being subverted.
2. A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within; undermining.

Related terms

• subversive
• subvert

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

sub- +? version

Noun

subversion (plural subversions)

1. A revision considered more similar to preceding subversions than a revision deemed a new "version" is to preceding versions.

Related terms

• subversioning

French

Etymology

From Late Latin subversionem, accusative singular of subversi?.

Noun

subversion f (plural subversions)

1. corruption

Further reading

• “subversion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subversi?.

Noun

subversion f (oblique plural subversions, nominative singular subversion, nominative plural subversions)

1. subversion (overthrowing)

Swedish

Noun

subversion c

1. subversion

Declension

Related terms

• subversiv

English

Alternative forms

• havock (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok (“cry havoc”) a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from Old French crier (“cry out, shout”) + havot (“pillaging, looting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæv.?k/

Noun

havoc (usually uncountable, plural havocs)

1. widespread devastation, destruction

   • Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make / Among your works!
2. mayhem

Usage notes

The noun havoc is most often used in the set phrase wreak havoc.

Derived terms

• play havoc, raise havoc, wreak havoc, cry havoc, break havoc

Translations

Verb

havoc (third-person singular simple present havocs, present participle havocking, simple past and past participle havocked)

1. To pillage.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act I, Scene II:

     To tear and havoc more than she can eat.

2. To cause havoc.

Usage notes

As with other verbs ending in vowel + -c, the gerund-participle is sometimes spelled havocing, and the preterite and past participle is sometimes spelled havoced; for citations using these spellings, see their respective entries. However, the spellings havocking and havocked are far more common. Compare panic, picnic.

Translations

Interjection

havoc

1. A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.

   • Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt / With modest warrant.

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