different between sorrow vs exaction
sorrow
English
Etymology
From Middle English sorow, sorwe, from Old English sorg, from Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surg? (compare West Frisian soarch, Dutch zorg, German Sorge, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian sorg), from Proto-Indo-European *swerg?- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”) (compare Old Irish serg (“sickness”), Tocharian B sark (“sickness”), Lithuanian sirgti (“be sick”), Sanskrit ????????? (s??rk?ati, “worry”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?r'?, IPA(key): /?s????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s??o?/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?s??o?/
- Rhymes: -????
Noun
sorrow (countable and uncountable, plural sorrows)
- (uncountable) unhappiness, woe
- August 28, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 47
- The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.
- August 28, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 47
- (countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
sorrow (third-person singular simple present sorrows, present participle sorrowing, simple past and past participle sorrowed)
- (intransitive) To feel or express grief.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 424:
- ‘Sorrow not, sir,’ says he, ‘like those without hope.’
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 424:
- (transitive) To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.
Derived terms
- besorrow
Translations
References
- “sorrow” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "sorrow" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
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exaction
English
Etymology
From Middle English exaccion, from Middle French exaction, from Old French, from Latin ex?cti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???zæk??n/
Noun
exaction (countable and uncountable, plural exactions)
- The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force
- extortion.
- That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
Translations
References
- exaction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- exaction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- cinoxate
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exacti?.
Pronunciation
Noun
exaction f (plural exactions)
- extortion
- exaction
References
- “exaction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
exaction
- Alternative form of exaccion
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