Suppress vs. Oppress

Suppressverb

To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.

Suppressverb

To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.

Suppressverb

(psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.

Suppressverb

To prevent publication.

Suppressverb

To stop a flow or stream.

Suppressverb

To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.

Suppressverb

(electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.

Suppressverb

(obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

Suppressverb

To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

Suppressverb

To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.

Suppressverb

To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.

Suppressverb

To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.

Suppressverb

to put down by force or authority;

Suppressverb

come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;

Suppressverb

control and refrain from showing; of emotions

Suppressverb

keep under control; keep in check;

Suppressverb

put out of one's consciousness

Oppressverb

(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.

Oppressverb

(transitive) To make sad or gloomy.

Oppressverb

Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

Oppressverb

To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.

Oppressverb

To ravish; to violate.

Oppressverb

To put down; to crush out; to suppress.

Oppressverb

To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.

Oppressverb

come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;

Oppressverb

cause to suffer;