different between stimulation vs aggravation

English

Etymology

From Latin stimul?ti?.Morphologically stimulate +? -ion

Noun

stimulation (countable and uncountable, plural stimulations)

1. A pushing or goading toward action. [from 16th c.]
2. (biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input. [from 18th c.]
3. An activity causing excitement or pleasure; the act of stimulating.

Related terms

• stimulate
• stimulator
• stimulatory
• stimulus

Translations

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Stimulation”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 1 (Si–St), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 965.

Anagrams

• mutilations

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin stimul?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti.my.la.sj??/

Noun

stimulation f (plural stimulations)

1. stimulation

Related terms

• stimuler

Further reading

• “stimulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle French aggravation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

aggravation (countable and uncountable, plural aggravations)

1. The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.

   Synonym: exacerbation

   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 10

     Adrian, whose health had always been weak, now suffered considerable aggravation of suffering from the effects of his wound.

2. Exaggerated representation.
3. An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
4. (informal) Provocation, irritation, annoyance.

Related terms

• aggravate

Translations

Further reading

• “aggravation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• aggravation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• aggravation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

aggravation f (plural aggravations)

1. aggravation

Further reading

• “aggravation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).