Definitions
- Asking someone earnestly or pleadingly for something. - Making a request or appeal with urgency or desperation. - Begging or imploring someone to do something.
- Making a sincere and heartfelt request or plea for something. - Asking someone with respect and humility to do something. - Urging or beseeching someone to take a particular action.
List of Similarities
- 1Both words involve making a request or plea to someone.
- 2Both words convey a sense of urgency or importance.
- 3Both words can be used in formal or informal contexts.
What is the difference?
- 1Usage: Intreat is less common than entreat and is considered archaic or outdated in modern English.
- 2Connotation: Intreat can have a negative connotation, suggesting desperation or begging, while entreat is more neutral and respectful.
- 3Form: Intreat is typically used as a verb, while entreat can be used as both a verb and a noun.
- 4Frequency: Entreat is more commonly used than intreat in modern English.
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Remember this!
Intreat and entreat are synonyms that both refer to making a request or plea to someone with urgency or importance. However, intreat is less common and has a more negative connotation, suggesting desperation or begging, while entreat is more neutral and respectful. Additionally, intreat is considered archaic or outdated in modern English.
