different between emotion vs tears

English

Etymology

From Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”) based on Latin ?m?tus, past participle of ?move? (“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ?- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and move? (“move”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /??mo???n/, /i?mo???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m????n/
• Rhymes: -????n

Noun

emotion (countable and uncountable, plural emotions)

1. (obsolete) movement; agitation [16th–18th c.]
2. A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
3. A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.

Synonyms

• (person's internal state of being): feeling, affect

Derived terms

• emotionable
• emotional

Related terms

Translations

References

• emotion at OneLook Dictionary Search
• emotion in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• emotion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Pronunciation

Noun and verb related to the liquid from the eyes:

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t??z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??z/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ti??z/
• Rhymes: -??(?)z

Noun and verb related to rending or ripping:

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t??z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??z/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /te??z/

Noun

tears

1. plural of tear
2. viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting

Verb

tears

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tear

Anagrams

• 'earts, -aster, Aters, Sater, TASer, Taser, Tesar, arets, arste, aster, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stare, stear, tares, tarse, taser, teras