The difference between Deprave and Rescue

When used as verbs, deprave means to speak ill of, whereas rescue means to save from any violence, danger or evil.


Rescue is also noun with the meaning: an act or episode of rescuing, saving.

check bellow for the other definitions of Deprave and Rescue

  1. Deprave as a verb (transitive):

    To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile

  2. Deprave as a verb (transitive):

    To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt

  1. Rescue as a verb:

    To save from any violence, danger or evil.

    Examples:

    "The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche."

  2. Rescue as a verb:

    To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

    Examples:

    "to rescue a prisoner from the enemy''."

  3. Rescue as a verb:

    To recover forcibly.

  4. Rescue as a verb:

    To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.

  5. Rescue as a verb (figuratively):

    To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.

    Examples:

    "Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls."

  6. Rescue as a verb (figuratively):

    To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

  1. Rescue as a noun:

    An act or episode of rescuing, saving.

  2. Rescue as a noun:

    A liberation, freeing.

  3. Rescue as a noun:

    The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril

    Examples:

    "The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders"

  4. Rescue as a noun:

    A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded

  5. Rescue as a noun:

    A rescuee.

    Examples:

    "The dog was a rescue with some behavior issues."