different between discomfiture vs debasement

English

From Old French desconfiture (“rout, defeat”); compare French déconfiture.

discomfiture (countable and uncountable, plural discomfitures)

(obsolete) Defeat in battle
An emotional state similar to that arising from defeat; frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment.

debase +? -ment

debasement (countable and uncountable, plural debasements)

The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.
- 1832, Edgar Allan Poe, "Bon Bon":
  His large water-dog was acquainted with the fact, and upon the approach of his master, betrayed his sense of inferiority by a sanctity of deportment, a debasement of the ears, and a dropping of the lower jaw not altogether unworthy of a dog.
- 2009, Gilbert Cruz, "The Many Faces of Addiction (Book review of America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life by Benoit Denizet-Lewis)," Time, 12 Jan.:
  There's something ugly and fascinating about reading such intimate tales of debasement and depression and failure and self-doubt.
The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.

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