different between anxiety vs peril
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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peril
English
Etymology
From Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin per?culum. Doublet of periculum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p???l/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?p???l/
- Rhymes: -???l, -???l
Noun
peril (countable and uncountable, plural perils)
- A situation of serious and immediate danger.
- Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
- The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
- (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
Synonyms
- danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat, wathe
- See also Thesaurus:danger
Derived terms
- yellow peril
- imperil
Related terms
- perilous
Translations
Verb
peril (third-person singular simple present perils, present participle periling or perilling, simple past and past participle periled or perilled)
- (transitive) To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk. [from 16th c.]
- 1830, Robert Hayne, Speech in the United States Senate:
- And are we, Mr. President, who stood by our country then, who threw open our coffers, who bared our bosoms, who freely perilled all in that conflict, to be reproached with want of attachment to the Union?
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XIV:
- "I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"
- 1830, Robert Hayne, Speech in the United States Senate:
Anagrams
- piler, plier, prile
Middle English
Alternative forms
- perile, periil, perel, peryle, pereyl, parelle, peryl, perell, perill, parell, pereil
Etymology
From Old French peril, from Latin per?culum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?ril/, /p??ri?l/, /?p?r?l/, /?par?l/
Noun
peril (plural perilles)
- Danger, risk, peril; something that is potentially harmful or risky:
- A location where danger, risk, or peril is present or likely.
- A thing or enterprise which creates peril; anything which creates or which is of peril.
- Sinfulness; religious threat or danger.
- (Late Middle English) Bad fortune; unluckiness or mischance.
Related terms
- perilous
- perilously
Descendants
- English: peril
- Scots: peril
References
- “per??l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin per?culum.
Noun
peril m (oblique plural periz or perilz, nominative singular periz or perilz, nominative plural peril)
- peril; hazard; danger
Descendants
- ? Middle English: peril
- English: peril
- Scots: peril
- French: péril
- Norman: péthi (Jersey)
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