different between mortification vs wretchedness

English

From Middle French mortification, from Old French, from Latin mortificatio.

mortification (countable and uncountable, plural mortifications)

The act of mortifying.
A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
(medicine) The death of part of the body.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5
  And then there's the fever and the mortification—if it took bad ways he'd quickly be gone.
A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
(law, Scotland) A bequest to a charitable institution.

wretched +? -ness

wretchedness (usually uncountable, plural wretchednesses)

An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 3
  She saw only that he was quiet and unobtrusive, and she liked him for it. He did not disturb the wretchedness of her mind by ill-timed conversation.
A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.

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