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What is the difference between suppressed and oppressed ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between suppressed and oppressed ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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If you could, please make up a sentence using both words.
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"Suppressed" can have meanings similar to: restrained, stifled, smothered, muffled, silenced, repressed.
Examples:
"We installed insulation that should help suppress the loud noise from the engine."
"The opinions of the dissenting group were suppressed by government officials.
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"Oppressed" basically means living under hash rule and authoritarian conditions (especially if affecting a group of people based on gender, race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, etc.)
Examples:
"The oppressed racial minorities took to the street to protest against racially discriminatory government policies"
"In some countries, women are still oppressed and are subject to high levels of prejudice and discrimination."
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"Suppressed" can have meanings similar to: restrained, stifled, smothered, muffled, silenced, repressed.
Examples:
"We installed insulation that should help suppress the loud noise from the engine."
"The opinions of the dissenting group were suppressed by government officials.
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"Oppressed" basically means living under hash rule and authoritarian conditions (especially if affecting a group of people based on gender, race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, etc.)
Examples:
"The oppressed racial minorities took to the street to protest against racially discriminatory government policies"
"In some countries, women are still oppressed and are subject to high levels of prejudice and discrimination."
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"She had to suppress her laughter and keep a straight face."
"The 100 degree heat was oppressive."
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