different between vertigo vs acrophobia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vert?g?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??t????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?t??o?/

Noun

vertigo (countable and uncountable, plural vertigos or vertigoes)

1. A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
2. A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
3. The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.

Synonyms

• dizziness
• giddiness

Derived terms

• vertiginous

Translations

Anagrams

• Gerovit

Czech

Noun

vertigo n

1. vertigo

Synonyms

• závra?

Related terms

• See verš

Further reading

• vertigo in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

Latin

Etymology

From an earlier unattested *vertic?, from vertex (“whirlwind, top”) +? -?, later reanalyzed as vert? (“to spin”) +? -?g?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?er?ti?.?o?/, [u??r?t?i??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ver?ti.?o/, [v?r?t?i???]

Noun

vert?g? f (genitive vert?ginis); third declension

1. gyration, giddiness, dizziness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• vert?gin?sus

Descendants

• Catalan: vertigen
• ? English: vertigo
• Spanish: vértigo
• French: vertige
• Galician: vertixe
• Italian: vertigine
• Portuguese: vertigem

References

• vertigo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vertigo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vertigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From acro- +? -phobia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??bi?

Noun

acrophobia (countable and uncountable, plural acrophobias)

1. Fear of heights.

Synonyms

• altophobia
• height-fear

Antonyms

• bathophobia

Related terms

• acro-#Related_terms_2

Translations

See also

• batophobia

Further reading

• acrophobia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia