different between exacerbation vs exacerbate
exacerbation
English
Etymology
From Latin exacerb?ti?nem, from exacerb?re (“to provoke, make harsh”). See exacerbate.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
exacerbation (usually uncountable, plural exacerbations)
- An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease)
Synonyms
- aggravation
Antonyms
- amelioration
Related terms
- exacerbate
Translations
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
exacerbation f (plural exacerbations)
- exacerbation
Further reading
- “exacerbation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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exacerbate
English
Etymology
From Latin exacerbo (“to provoke”); ex (“out of; thoroughly”) + acerbo (“to embitter, harshen or worsen”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???zæs??be?t/, /?k?sæs-/
- (US) enPR: ?g-z?s'?r-b?t, IPA(key): /???zæs??be?t/
Verb
exacerbate (third-person singular simple present exacerbates, present participle exacerbating, simple past and past participle exacerbated)
- (transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.); aggravate; exasperate.
- The proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems.
- 2013, Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing (in The Guardian, 20 August 2013)[1]
- The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.
Derived terms
- exacerbatingly
- exacerbation
Related terms
- acerbate
Translations
See also
- exasperate
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “exacerbate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Latin
Verb
exacerb?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of exacerb?
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