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Affliction vs Wormwood - What's the difference?

affliction | wormwood |

As nouns the difference between affliction and wormwood

is that affliction is a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony while wormwood is an intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.

affliction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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) [...]

    • wormwood

    English

    (wikipedia wormwood)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium'' and similar plants in genus ''Artemisia ) used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
  • * (rfdate), William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet'', Act I, Scene iii ''(the nurse's monologue) .
    • But as I said, / When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple / Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool, / To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug! /
  • Anything that causes bitterness or affliction.

    • Synonyms

    * (botany) artemisia, grande wormwood, mugwort, absinthe, Artemisia pontica (obsolete)

    Derived terms

    * common wormwood * tree wormwood * wormwood hare

    External links

    * (Artemisia absinthium) * (Artemisia absinthium) * (Artemisia absinthium)

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