different between aggravation vs affliction
aggravation
English
Etymology
From Middle French aggravation.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
aggravation (countable and uncountable, plural aggravations)
- The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
- Synonym: exacerbation
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 10
- Adrian, whose health had always been weak, now suffered considerable aggravation of suffering from the effects of his wound.
- Exaggerated representation.
- An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
- (informal) Provocation, irritation, annoyance.
Related terms
- aggravate
Translations
Further reading
- “aggravation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- aggravation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- aggravation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
aggravation f (plural aggravations)
- aggravation
Further reading
- “aggravation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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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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