different between assuagement vs condolence

English

Etymology

From assuage +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??swe?d??m?nt/
• Hyphenation: as?suage?ment

Noun

assuagement (countable and uncountable, plural assuagements)

1. The action of assuaging; appeasement.
2. The condition of being assuaged.
   • 1797, Ann Radcliffe, The Italian, or The Confessional of the Black Penitents, London: T. Cadell Junior & W. Davies, Volume II, Chapter 7, pp. 234-235,^[1]

     This was the sole consideration, that afforded any degree of assuagement to her sufferings.
3. An assuaging medicine or application.

Synonyms

• (action of assuaging): alleviation
• (condition of being assuaged): relief, respite

Translations

English

Etymology

From condole +? -ence, or from Middle French condoléance, or formed from the root of Latin condole? (“I sympathize”), from con- (“together, with”) and dole? (“I hurt, suffer, have pain”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?n?do?l?ns/

Noun

condolence (countable and uncountable, plural condolences)

1. (uncountable) Comfort, support or sympathy.

2. (countable, usually in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.

Derived terms

• book of condolence
• condolence card

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