different between discomfort vs agony
discomfort
English
Etymology
From Middle English discomforten, from Anglo-Norman descomforter.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?s?k?mf?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?s?k?mf?t/
Noun
discomfort (countable and uncountable, plural discomforts)
- Mental or bodily distress.
- Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance.
Translations
Verb
discomfort (third-person singular simple present discomforts, present participle discomforting, simple past and past participle discomforted)
- To cause annoyance or distress to.
- (obsolete) To discourage; to deject.
Usage notes
As a verb, the unrelated term discomfit is often used instead, largely interchangeably, though this is proscribed by some as an error, discomfit originally meaning “destroy”, not “distress”.
Derived terms
- discomforter
See also
- discomfit
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agony
English
Etymology
14th century, via Old French [Term?] and Latin [Term?]; from Ancient Greek ?????? (ag?nía, “emulation, competition, struggle”), from ???? (ag?n, “contest”). Specifically of the struggle that precedes death (mortal agony) from the 1540s.
The sense of "extreme pain" from c. 1600.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?æ.??.ni?/
Noun
agony (countable and uncountable, plural agonies)
- Extreme pain.
- (biblical) The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
- Violent contest or striving.
- 1849, Thomas Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II, Chapter 10
- The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations.
- 1849, Thomas Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II, Chapter 10
- Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
- The last struggle of life; death struggle.
Synonyms
- anguish, torment, throe, distress, pang, suffering
- See also Thesaurus:agony
Antonyms
- (extreme pain): ecstasy
Related terms
- agon
- agonal
- agonist, antagonist, protagonist
- agonistes
- agonize, agonise
Translations
Anagrams
- Goyan
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