The difference between Affront and Insult
When used as nouns, affront means an open or intentional offense, slight, or insult, whereas insult means an action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.
When used as verbs, affront means to insult intentionally, especially openly, whereas insult means to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody).
check bellow for the other definitions of Affront and Insult
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Affront as a verb:
To insult intentionally, especially openly.
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Affront as a verb:
To meet defiantly; to confront.
Examples:
"to affront death"
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Affront as a verb (obsolete):
To meet or encounter face to face.
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Affront as a noun:
An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
Examples:
"Such behavior is an affront to society."
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Affront as a noun (obsolete):
A hostile encounter or meeting.
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Insult as a verb (transitive):
To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone).
Examples:
"RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It act=III scene=v page=199 column=2 passage=And why I pray you? who might be your mother / That you inſult, exult, and all at once / Ouer the wretched?"
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Insult as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over or against someone).
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Insult as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
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Insult as a noun:
An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.
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Insult as a noun:
Anything that causes offence/offense, e.g. by being of an unacceptable quality.
Examples:
"The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears."
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Insult as a noun (medicine):
Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes.
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Insult as a noun (obsolete):
The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
Examples:
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