different between ergotism vs egotism

English

Etymology 1

ergot +? -ism

Noun

ergotism (countable and uncountable, plural ergotisms)

1. The plant disease caused by ergot.
2. The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs consisting of convulsive and gangrenous symptoms.
3. The usage of ergot infested grain to poison animals.

Synonyms

• ergotoxicosis
• Saint Anthony's fire

Etymology 2

French ergotisme, from Latin ergo.

Noun

ergotism (plural ergotisms)

1. A logical deduction.
   • c. 1670s, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals

     States are not governed by Ergotisms. Many have Ruled will who could not perhaps define a Commonwealth […]

Anagrams

• gritsome

Romanian

Etymology

From French ergotisme

Noun

ergotism n (uncountable)

1. ergotism

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- + -ism

Noun

egotism (usually uncountable, plural egotisms)

1. A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
2. A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
3. (countable) The result or product of being egoistic.
4. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).

Synonyms

• pride, vanity, conceit
• egocentrism, egoism

Related terms

• egotist
• egotistic
• egotistical

Translations

See also

• solipsism

Further reading

• egotism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• egotism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Romanian

Etymology

From French égotisme

Noun

egotism n (uncountable)

1. egotism

Declension