What's the difference between cavilling and irreverent?

Cavilling


Definition:

  • () of Cavil

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There's another cavil about the Moritz gift, and that is the anxiety that the dawning of a new age of philanthropy heralds a further withdrawal of the state from the funding of English universities.
  • (2) In normal subjects the results are comparable with the results published by Cavill et al (1977).
  • (3) One of the apprentice carpenters at Bridgend, Luke Cavill, 20, was looking forward to voting for the first time.
  • (4) Cumberbatch has clearly arrived in the US media – he follows the likes of The Avengers' Tom Hiddleston and Man of Steel's Henry Cavill in appearing on the kids' TV show.
  • (5) A statement from DC and Warner Bros said: “In a massive expansion of the Studio’s DC Entertainment-branded content, Warner Bros Pictures and New Line Cinema will release a slate of at least 10 movies – as well as standalone Batman and Superman films – from 2016 through 2020 that expands this prized universe of characters: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, directed by Zack Snyder (2016) Suicide Squad, directed by David Ayer (2016) Wonder Woman, starring Gal Gadot (2017) Justice League Part One, directed by Zack Snyder, with Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and Amy Adams reprising their roles (2017) The Flash, starring Ezra Miller (2018) Aquaman, starring Jason Momoa (2018) Shazam (2019) Justice League Part Two, directed by Zack Snyder (2019) Cyborg, starring Ray Fisher (2020) Green Lantern (2020) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The second Avengers movie, Age of Ultron, is being released by Marvel next year.
  • (6) I thought this was all fair enough, although surely, I cavilled, if building simulacra of Neolithic houses and learning how to flint knap is our new route to the past, then really the actual monument itself is somewhat besides the point.
  • (7) Last month, it was confirmed that Ben Affleck will star as the caped crusader opposite Henry Cavill's last son of Krypton.
  • (8) Tom Hardy and Idris Elba are first and second, ahead of Homeland’s Damian Lewis, Poldark’s Aidan Turner, and the Superman star Henry Cavill.
  • (9) Though counts may cavil and marquises moan , the Spanish parliament, backed by the Spanish electorate, has now put a stop to this kind of discrimination – a policy powerfully endorsed by the king (though succession in the monarchy remains, for the moment, exempt from reform).
  • (10) Christian Bale will return as Batman opposite Henry Cavill's Superman in a Justice League movie overseen by Christopher Nolan , according to an influential US blog.
  • (11) The main body of the report included lots of cavils about the claim to see the "discernible human influence".
  • (12) Then, a slew of superhero signings was spotted; the British-raised Andrew Garfield was cast as Spider-Man, Welshman Christian Bale as Batman, and the Stowe-educated Henry Cavill as Superman.
  • (13) If Nolan, Snyder and Cavill are involved, we can expect a more serious-minded Justice League to emerge, one that eschews the comic books' throwaway primary colour brashness for a more furrow-browed, stylish and atmospheric take.
  • (14) Cavill auditioned for the role of Batman before losing out to Bale for the 2005 film, and was also reportedly up for James Bond prior to Daniel Craig's appointment for 2006's Casino Royale.
  • (15) Early signs from Man of Steel so far have also hinted that Cavill's Superman could just about live in the same universe as Nolan's Batman, but it would still be a spectacular coup if Warner pulled it off.
  • (16) Now imagine a Justice League film with Christian Bale's tortured Batman and Henry Cavill's navel-gazing Superman suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a completely unheralded Martian Manhunter, who's nipped round for a coffee to show off holiday snaps of his recent trip to Pluto.
  • (17) Zack Snyder will direct the follow-up to his $630m global hit Man of Steel and will reunite with his Superman, Henry Cavill.
  • (18) By teaming Bale with Cavill, the star of this summer's heavily hyped Zack Snyder-directed Man of Steel , the studio believes it could compete with Joss Whedon 's The Avengers II and JJ Abrams ' Star Wars: Episode VII.
  • (19) The Dark Knight 's Christopher Nolan, who oversaw the film in a much-hyped "godfather" producer's role, may have less input into the follow-up, which would be expected to see Britain's Henry Cavill reprising his role as Kal-El.
  • (20) Henry Cavill will reprise his role as Superman in 2015's Man of Steel sequel, the storyline of which is said to be inspired by Frank Miller's iconic 1986 graphic novel, The Dark Knight Returns.

Irreverent


Definition:

  • (a.) Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This country has had a free press for the last 300 years, that has been irreverent and rude as my website is and holding public officials to account.
  • (2) Animal Practice is a Universal Television production based on an irreverent New York veterinarian, played by Justin Kirk of Weeds and Angels in America.
  • (3) There has been much pointing-and-chortling of late at the Daily Mail's embarrassing failure to stoke national outrage over a mildly irreverent comment about the Queen's sex life blurted out by Jack Whitehall on a festive panel show.
  • (4) One irreverent Australian columnist has suggested that the "Lizard of Oz" may now be more fitting, given that the Aboriginal meaning for Kadina, the country town north of Adelaide where Crosby grew up, is "Lizard Plain".
  • (5) He showed an irreverence for the lives of the great composers that sometimes came in for criticism.
  • (6) Ian Hislop, the long-serving editor, had a suitably topical and irreverent take on the vicissitudes of the magazine's circulation.
  • (7) The required skill of comedians-turned-presenters is to seem irreverent while rocking no boats.
  • (8) In our own time, Brooke has become the haunting symbol of a doomed generation, flitting across the pages of novels by Alan Hollinghurst and AS Byatt like a volatile and irreverent Peter Pan.
  • (9) Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman described Entwistle as "clever, erudite, a man, critically, who reads books, a man with a sense of humour and a great degree of irreverence, not least about the BBC.
  • (10) He could often be seen eating spicy lamb chops at his favourite curry houses, flattering local businessmen and speaking irreverently about parliamentary colleagues.
  • (11) He achieved a succession of scoops, and was largely responsible for training up a generation of gifted young journalists, notably the irreverent gossip columnist, Nigel Dempster ...
  • (12) But, unlike the supine press so common abroad, they still have the irreverent vigour and diversity of a true political safeguard.
  • (13) "I love that a country capable of extraordinary pomp and ceremony can still retain a spiky irreverence towards its establishment.
  • (14) Hall might be a scion of one of Britain's most important theatrical dynasties (his father is Peter, his half-sister Rebecca), but the cocky irreverence of his productions showed he had every intention of making his own mark.
  • (15) "The culture of protest needs to develop," one of the members of Pussy Riot said last month, and indeed as much as the band represent a form of protest in Russia, they also embody a shift in culture that echoes the DIY culture that flourished in the Seattle and Olympia areas of Washington in the early 90s – fanzines, garage punk bands, a tone of wild irreverence and a wish to question tradition.
  • (16) Jordan’s al-Hudoud, a bundle of irreverent online fun, recently ran a delightful story about the arrest of Father Christmas and the confiscation of presents he was distributing.
  • (17) Because they seemed to represent the best of journalistic virtues – courage, campaigning, toughness, compassion, humour, irreverence; a serious engagement with serious things; a sense of fairness; an eye for injustice; a passion for explaining; knowing how to achieve impact; a connection with readers.
  • (18) Many Muscovites were happy enough to see a tough response to the band's irreverent act of rebellion, which was aimed at President Vladimir Putin .
  • (19) I mean merely to josh, not to be blatantly irreverent, for who would seriously argue that Roth's career is not worthy of celebration?
  • (20) Catch-22 was an irreverent, savage and cruel satire.