different between murmuring vs malady

English

Verb

murmuring

1. present participle of murmur

Noun

murmuring (countable and uncountable, plural murmurings)

1. A sound that murmurs.

   the murmurings of trees in the wind

2. A complaint against something.

   • Do all things without murmurings and disputings.

   • 1796, Maria Edgeworth, The Parent's Assistant

     When Mrs. Churchill's orders were made known, they caused many secret marvellings and murmurings.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English maladie, from Old French maladie (“sickness, illness, disease”), from malade (“ill, sick”), from Latin male habitus (“ill-kept, not in good condition”), 1st century AD. See also malice and habit.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?l'?-d?, IPA^(key): /?mæl.?.di/

Noun

malady (plural maladies)

1. Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
   • a. 1812, Joseph Stevens Buckminster, It is Good for Me, that I have been Afflicted (sermon)

     The maladies of the body may prove medicines of the mind.

2. A moral or mental defect or disorder.

   • Love's a malady without a cure.

Synonyms

• ailment, disease, disorder, distemper, illness, sickness

Translations

References

• malady in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “malady”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Middle English

Noun

malady

1. Alternative form of maladie