Indulge vs. Spoil
Indulgeverb
: To yield to a temptation or desire.
Indulgeverb
(transitive) To satisfy the wishes or whims of.
Indulgeverb
To give way to (a habit or temptation); not to oppose or restrain.
Indulgeverb
To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment.
Indulgeverb
To grant as by favour; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
Indulgeverb
To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
Indulgeverb
To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
Indulgeverb
To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; - followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.
Indulgeverb
give free rein to;
Indulgeverb
yield (to); give satisfaction to
Indulgeverb
enjoy to excess
Indulgeverb
treat with excessive indulgence;
Spoilverb
To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
Spoilverb
To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
Spoilverb
To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
Spoilverb
To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
Spoilverb
(transitive) To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
Spoilverb
(transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
Spoilverb
(intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.
Spoilverb
(transitive) To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
Spoilverb
(transitive) To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
Spoilnoun
(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
Spoilnoun
(uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.
Spoilverb
To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; - with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possessions.
Spoilverb
To seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder.
Spoilverb
To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to mar.
Spoilverb
To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
Spoilverb
To practice plunder or robbery.
Spoilverb
To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
Spoilnoun
That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
Spoilnoun
Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; - commonly in the plural; as, to the victor belong the spoils.
Spoilnoun
That which is gained by strength or effort.
Spoilnoun
The act or practice of plundering; robbery; waste.
Spoilnoun
Corruption; cause of corruption.
Spoilnoun
The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
Spoilnoun
(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war);
Spoilnoun
the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it;
Spoilnoun
the act of stripping and taking by force
Spoilverb
make a mess of, destroy or ruin;
Spoilverb
become unfit for consumption or use;
Spoilverb
alter from the original
Spoilverb
treat with excessive indulgence;
Spoilverb
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;
Spoilverb
have a strong desire or urge to do something;
Spoilverb
destroy and strip of its possession;
Spoilverb
make imperfect;
