different between desperation vs frustration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin desperatio, desperationis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?sp???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

desperation (countable and uncountable, plural desperations)

1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
2. A state of despair, or utter hopelessness; abandonment of hope
3. reckless fury.

Translations

Anagrams

• repedations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin desperatio, desperationis, from desperat +? -tion.

Noun

desperation c (singular definite desperationen, plural indefinite desperationer)

1. desperation

Declension

• This noun is rarely used in the plural; it is usually uncountable.

See also

• frustration

References

• “desperation” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

From Latin fr?str?ti? (“disappointment”), related to fr?str? (“in vain”).Morphologically frustrate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /f??s?t?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

frustration (countable and uncountable, plural frustrations)

1. The feeling of annoyance when one's actions are criticized or hindered
2. The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated
   1. (law) The state of contract that allows a party to back away from its contractual obligations due to (unforeseen) radical changes to the nature of the thing a party has been obligated to.
3. A thing that frustrates
4. Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular

Translations

Danish

Etymology

English frustration

Noun

frustration c (singular definite frustrationen, plural indefinite frustrationer)

1. frustration (feeling)

Declension

Derived terms

• frustrationstærskel
• frustrere

See also

• desperation

References

• “frustration” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Latin frustratio.

Pronunciation

Noun

frustration f (plural frustrations)

1. frustration

Further reading

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