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Morsel vs Menace - What's the difference?

morsel | menace |

As nouns the difference between morsel and menace

is that morsel is a small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food while menace is a perceived threat or danger.

As a verb menace is

to make threats against (someone); to intimidate.

morsel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.
  • A very small amount.
  • * 2008 , Pamela Griffin, New York Brides , Barbour Publishing Inc. (2008), ISBN 9781597899840, page 70:
    • Didn't even a morsel of decency remain in his brother?

    Synonyms

    * See also .

    Derived terms

    * morselize, morselization

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    menace

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested ante 1300: from the (etyl) manace, menace, from the (etyl) .

    Noun

    (menaces)
  • a perceived threat or danger
  • * Dryden
    • the dark menace of the distant war
  • the act of threatening
  • an annoying and bothersome person

    • References

    * “ menace, n.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989

    Etymology 2

    First attested in 1303: from the (etyl) menacer, manecier, manechier and the (etyl) manasser, from the assumed , whence .

    Verb

    (transitive'' or ''intransitive )
  • To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
    • to menace a country with war
  • * Shakespeare
    • My master did menace me with death.
  • To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
  • * Shakespeare
    • By oath he menaced / Revenge upon the cardinal.
  • To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

    • References

    * “ menace, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989 ----