different between anxiety vs danger
anxiety
English
Etymology
From Latin anxiet?s, from anxius (“anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled”), from ang? (“to distress, trouble”), akin to Ancient Greek ???? (ánkh?, “to choke”). See anger; angst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ?(?)?za?.?.ti/
- Rhymes: -a??ti
Noun
anxiety (countable and uncountable, plural anxieties)
- An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 268a.
- But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 268a.
- An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
- (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
Synonyms
- care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distress
Related terms
Derived terms
- hangxiety
Translations
Further reading
- anxiety in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- anxiety in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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danger
English
Etymology
From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *domin?rium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English fr?cennes.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?de?n.d??(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?de?nd??/
- Hyphenation: dan?ger
- Rhymes: -e?nd??(?)
Noun
danger (countable and uncountable, plural dangers)
- Exposure to likely harm; peril.
- 1821-1822, William Hazlitt, Table-Talk
- Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars.
- 1821-1822, William Hazlitt, Table-Talk
- An instance or cause of likely harm.
- September 1, 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech
- Two territorial questions […] unsettled […] each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe.
- September 1, 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech
- (obsolete) Mischief.
- (mainly outside US, rail transport) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
- (obsolete) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
- 1551, Ralph Robinson More's Utopia
- Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in danger of this statute.
- 1551, Ralph Robinson More's Utopia
- (obsolete) Liability.
- 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew V:
- Thou shalt not kyll. Whosoever shall kyll, shalbe in daunger of iudgement.
- 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew V:
- (obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness.
- (obsolete) Coyness; disdainful behavior.
- With daunger oute we al oure chaffare; / Greet prees at market maketh deere ware, / And to greet cheep is holde at litel prys: / This knoweth every womman that is wys.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:danger
Derived terms
- danger signal
- kicking in danger
Translations
Verb
danger (third-person singular simple present dangers, present participle dangering, simple past and past participle dangered)
- (obsolete) To claim liability.
- (obsolete) To imperil; to endanger.
- (obsolete) To run the risk.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:danger.
Related terms
- dangerous
- at danger
- SPAD
- dungeon
- domain
- dame
- endanger
References
- Oxford English Dictionary
Anagrams
- Gander, Garden, gander, garden, grande, graned, nadger, ranged
French
Etymology
From Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *domni?rium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??.?e/
Noun
danger m (plural dangers)
- danger
- jeopardy (danger of loss, harm, or failure)
Derived terms
- danger public
- dangereux
- en danger
- hors de danger
- non-assistance à personne en danger
Further reading
- “danger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- de rang, grande
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