The difference between Despoil and Rape

When used as nouns, despoil means plunder, whereas rape means the taking of something by force.

When used as verbs, despoil means to deprive for spoil, whereas rape means to seize by force. (now often with overtones of later senses.).


Rape is also adverb with the meaning: quickly.

check bellow for the other definitions of Despoil and Rape

  1. Despoil as a verb (transitive):

    To deprive for spoil; to take spoil from; to plunder; to rob; to pillage.

  2. Despoil as a verb (transitive):

    To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.

  3. Despoil as a verb (obsolete, transitive, _, or, _, reflexive):

    To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress.

  1. Despoil as a noun (obsolete):

    Plunder; spoliation.

  1. Rape as a noun (now, rare):

    The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.

  2. Rape as a noun (now, archaic):

    The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.

  3. Rape as a noun:

    The act of forcing sexual intercourse upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now any sex act forced by any person upon another person.

  4. Rape as a noun (obsolete):

    That which is snatched away.

  5. Rape as a noun (obsolete):

    Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.

  6. Rape as a noun (slang):

    Overpowerment; utter defeat.

  1. Rape as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To seize by force. (Now often with overtones of later senses.)

  2. Rape as a verb (transitive):

    To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct.

  3. Rape as a verb (chiefly, transitive):

    To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent.

    Examples:

    "The Communist Specter is not satisfied with beating, raping and killing a man's flesh body alone."

  4. Rape as a verb (transitive):

    To plunder, to destroy or despoil.

  5. Rape as a verb (US, _, slang, chiefly, Internet):

    To overpower, destroy (someone); to trounce.

    Examples:

    "My experienced opponent will rape me at chess."

  1. Rape as a noun (now, historical):

    One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England.

  1. Rape as a verb (obsolete, intransitive, or, _, reflexive):

    To make haste; to hasten or hurry.

  1. Rape as a noun (obsolete):

    Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course.

  1. Rape as an adverb (obsolete):

    Quickly; hastily.

  1. Rape as a noun:

    Rapeseed, Brassica napus.

  1. Rape as a noun:

    The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.

  2. Rape as a noun:

    A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc.

  3. Rape as a noun (obsolete):

    Fruit plucked in a bunch.

    Examples:

    "a rape of grapes"

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