different between affliction vs disservice
affliction
English
Etymology
From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, from Latin afflictio, from affligere. See afflict.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??fl?k??n/
- Hyphenation: af?flic?tion
Noun
affliction (countable and uncountable, plural afflictions)
- A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!:
- She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction, but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!:
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French afliction, from Latin afflictio, from affligere.
Pronunciation
Noun
affliction f (plural afflictions)
- (countable and uncountable) affliction
Further reading
- “affliction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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disservice
English
Etymology
From dis- +? service.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?(s)?s??v?s/
- (US) enPR: dis·s?r´v?s, IPA(key): /d?(s)?s?v?s/
Noun
disservice (countable and uncountable, plural disservices)
- Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
- 2014, Michele Kaschub, Janice Smith, Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education, Oxford University Press (?ISBN)
- Often schools of music focus solely on the canon of Western classical art music, but this is a disservice to music educators who will have to deal with students from many different backgrounds and preferences.
- One renders young persons a disservice by heaping unearned rewards on them.
- 2014, Michele Kaschub, Janice Smith, Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education, Oxford University Press (?ISBN)
Translations
Verb
disservice (third-person singular simple present disservices, present participle disservicing, simple past and past participle disserviced)
- To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.
Translations
Related terms
- disserve
References
- disservice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- disservice at OneLook Dictionary Search
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