Militate vs Deter - What's the difference?
militate | deter |
To give force or effect toward; to influence.
(obsolete) To fight.
To prevent something from happening.
To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 10.
As verbs the difference between militate and deter
is that militate is to give force or effect toward; to influence while deter is to prevent something from happening.militate
English
Verb
(militat)- To militate in favor of a particular result.
- To militate against the possibility of his election.
deter
English
Verb
(deterr)- we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise