The difference between Brook and Undergo
When used as verbs, brook means to use, whereas undergo means to go or move under or beneath.
Brook is also noun with the meaning: a body of running water smaller than a river.
check bellow for the other definitions of Brook and Undergo
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Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots):
To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
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Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To earn; deserve.
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Brook as a verb (transitive):
To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).
Examples:
"I will not brook any disobedience.   I will brook no refusal.   I will brook no impertinence."
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Brook as a noun:
A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
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Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent):
A water meadow.
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Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent, in the plural):
Low, marshy ground.
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Undergo as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To go or move under or beneath.
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Undergo as a verb (transitive):
To experience; to pass through a phase.
Examples:
"The project is undergoing great changes."
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Undergo as a verb (transitive):
To suffer or endure; bear with.
Examples:
"The victim underwent great trauma."
"She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg."