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Avoidance vs Suppression - What's the difference?

avoidance | suppression |

As nouns the difference between avoidance and suppression

is that avoidance is the act of annulling; annulment while suppression is the act or instance of suppressing.

avoidance

English

Alternative forms

* avoidaunce (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The act of annulling; annulment.
  • The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; – specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
  • A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
  • The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • Any thing that is to be avoided
  • The courts by which anything is carried off.

    • suppression

    English

    Noun

  • The act or instance of suppressing.
  • * 1980 , :
    • The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.
  • The state of being suppressed.
  • A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.