enjoy vs revel what difference
what is difference between enjoy and revel
English
Alternative forms
- enioy (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- + joy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ/, /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɔɪ
- Hyphenation: en‧joy
Verb
enjoy (third-person singular simple present enjoys, present participle enjoying, simple past and past participle enjoyed)
- (transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
- (transitive) To have the use or benefit of something.
- that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers
- (intransitive, India) To be satisfied or receive pleasure.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- (receive pleasure or satisfaction): appreciate, delight in, rejoice, relish
- (have sexual intercourse with): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
Derived terms
- enjoyable
- enjoyment
- to enjoy oneself
Translations
Anagrams
- joyen, joyne
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: rĕvʹ-əl, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛv.əl/
- Rhymes: -ɛvəl
Noun
revel (plural revels)
- An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
- “I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don’t adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]“
- A kind of dance.
- A wake for the dead.
Derived terms
- revelry
Translations
Verb
revel (third-person singular simple present revels, present participle revelling or reveling, simple past and past participle revelled or reveled)
- To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.
- 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford’s Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray’s-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford’s Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:
- If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.
- 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford’s Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray’s-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford’s Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:
- To take delight (in something).
- 1997, The Art of Practicing, a Guide to Making Music from the Heart
- Slowing down doesn’t have to feel like holding back. It can be an opportunity to revel in sounds and sensations, to not be so concerned about where we are going but to enjoy the moment and become comfortable where we are.
- 1997, The Art of Practicing, a Guide to Making Music from the Heart
Synonyms
- (make merry): carouse, celebrate
Derived terms
- reveller/reveler
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latin revellere; re- + vellere (“to pluck, pull”).
Verb
revel (third-person singular simple present revels, present participle revelling, simple past and past participle revelled)
- (obsolete) To draw back; to retract.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Harvey to this entry?)
Noun
revel (plural revels)
- (architecture) Alternative form of reveal
Anagrams
- Lever, elver, lever
Breton
Etymology
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Alternative forms
- reizhel
Adjective
revel
- sexual
References
- “revel” in TermOfis, Office Public de la Langue Bretonne
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French revel, from reveler.
Alternative forms
- revell, revelle, rewle
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛvəl/
Noun
revel (plural reveles)
- Joyfulness, entertainment, celebration, revelling.
- A specific instance of revelling or joyfulness.
- (rare, Late Middle English) Chaos, disorder.
Related terms
- revelen
- revelour
- revelyng
Descendants
- English: revel
References
- “revel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.
Etymology 2
Verb
revel
- Alternative form of revelen (“to revel”)
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