different between affliction vs persecution

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)

1. A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
2. 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) [...]

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French afliction, from Latin afflictio, from affligere.

Pronunciation

Noun

affliction f (plural afflictions)

1. (countable and uncountable) affliction

Further reading

• “affliction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Equivalent to persecute +? -ion, Borrowed from Old French persecucion , from Ecclesiastical Latin persec?tio (“persecution; chase, pursuit”), from Latin persequor (“follow up, pursue”), from per- (“through”) +? sequor (“follow”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?s??kju??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??s??kju???n/
• Hyphenation: per?se?cu?tion

Noun

persecution (countable and uncountable, plural persecutions)

1. The act of persecuting.
2. A program or campaign to subjugate or eliminate a specific group of people, often based on race, religion, sexuality, or social beliefs.

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