different between trepidation vs misgiving

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trepid?ti?, from trepid? (“be agitated”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?t??p.??de?.??n/

Noun

trepidation (countable and uncountable, plural trepidations)

1. A fearful state; a state of concern or hesitation.

   Synonyms: agitation, apprehension, consternation, fear, hesitation, worry

   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi

     She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?
2. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
3. (astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.

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Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “trepidation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• departition, partitioned

English

Etymology

From misgive , from mis- +? give, from Middle English give (“suggest, given”). Compare given and what gives.

Noun

misgiving (plural misgivings)

1. doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

Usage notes

Almost always used in the plural.

Synonyms

• doubt
• See Thesaurus:apprehension

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References

Further reading

• misgiving in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• misgiving in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.