different between unease vs discomfort

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English unese, equivalent to un- +? ease. Compare disease.

Noun

unease (uncountable)

1. Trouble; misery; a feeling of disquiet or concern.

Synonyms

• disease, dis-ease
• uneasiness

Related terms

• uneasy

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English unesen, equivalent to un- +? ease.

Verb

unease (third-person singular simple present uneases, present participle uneasing, simple past and past participle uneased)

1. (transitive) To make uneasy or uncomfortable

Derived terms

• uneased

Anagrams

• usneae

English

Etymology

From Middle English discomforten, from Anglo-Norman descomforter.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s?k?mf?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?s?k?mf?t/

Noun

discomfort (countable and uncountable, plural discomforts)

1. Mental or bodily distress.
2. Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance.

Translations

Verb

discomfort (third-person singular simple present discomforts, present participle discomforting, simple past and past participle discomforted)

1. To cause annoyance or distress to.
2. (obsolete) To discourage; to deject.

Usage notes

As a verb, the unrelated term discomfit is often used instead, largely interchangeably, though this is proscribed by some as an error, discomfit originally meaning “destroy”, not “distress”.

Derived terms

• discomforter

See also

• discomfit