reek vs wreak
Definitions
verb
- be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
- smell badly and offensively
- give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.
- have an element suggestive (of something)
noun
- a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
Examples
When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu.
The same signary was also used in the early historical period to write Greek; by the end of the third century B.C., Greek alphabetic writing had almost completely supplanted the native script.
During the Classical Greek period from about 480 to 300 B.C. most necklaces were three dimensional pendants.
Definitions
verb
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
Examples
The hurricane wreaked terrible damage on the east coast, at Miami and the Florida Keys.
But instead of wreaking his revenge on her, he falls in love with her.
Thought his pain and shame would be lesser, If on womankind he might his anger wreak,
