Affliction vs Sadness - What's the difference?
affliction | sadness | Related terms |
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
*1913 ,
*:She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction , but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]
(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
(countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
Affliction is a related term of sadness.
As nouns the difference between affliction and sadness
is that affliction is a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony while sadness is (uncountable) the state or emotion of being sad.affliction
English
Noun
(en noun)sadness
English
(wikipedia sadness)Noun
- She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.