different between dissolution vs death
dissolution
English
Etymology
From Old French dissolution, from Latin dissol?ti? (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?s??l(j)u???n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d?s??lu??n/
- Rhymes: -u???n
Noun
dissolution (countable and uncountable, plural dissolutions)
- The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
- Synonym: abolition
- Antonyms: establishment, foundation
- Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
- Dissolving, or going into solution.
- The quality of being dissolute.
- Synonym: dissipation
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- “dissolution”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- dissolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Latin dissol?ti?nem (accusative of dissol?ti?).
Pronunciation
Noun
dissolution f (plural dissolutions)
- dissolution
Further reading
- “dissolution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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death
English
Alternative forms
- deth (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English deeth, from Old English d?aþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (compare West Frisian dead, Dutch dood, German Tod, Swedish död), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ówtus. Equivalent to die +? -th. More at die.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?th, IPA(key): /d??/
- Rhymes: -??
- (West Country) IPA(key): /di??/
- Homophones: debt (with th-stopping), deaf (with th-fronting)
Noun
death (countable and uncountable, plural deaths)
- The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
- Execution (in the judicial sense).
- Execution (in the judicial sense).
- (often capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper. The pronoun he is not the only option, but probably the most traditional one, as it matches with the male grammatical gender of Old English d?aþ, also with cognate German der Tod. The fourth apocalyptic rider (Bible, revelations 6:8) is male ???????? (thanatos) in Greek. It has the female name Mors in Latin, but is referred to with male forms qui and eum. The following quotes show this rider on a pale horse is his in the English Bible and she in Peter Gabriel's lyrics.
- (the death) The collapse or end of something.
- 1983, Robert R. Faulkner, Music on Demand (page 90)
- He may even find himself being blamed if the project dies a quick and horrible death at the box office or is unceremoniously axed by the network.
- (figuratively, especially followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).
- 1983, Robert R. Faulkner, Music on Demand (page 90)
- (figuratively) Spiritual lifelessness.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:death
Derived terms
Pages starting with “death”.
Translations
See also
Further reading
- The Definition of Death - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Anagrams
- Theda, hated
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