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Bathophobia vs Bathmophobia - What's the difference?

bathophobia | bathmophobia |

As nouns the difference between bathophobia and bathmophobia

is that bathophobia is the fear of volumes with large depths such as stairways and deep caves while bathmophobia is the fear of stairs and slopes.

bathophobia

English

Noun

(-)
  • The fear of volumes with large depths such as stairways and deep caves.
  • The fear of depths
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  • Antonyms

    * altophobia

    See also

    * phobia

    bathmophobia

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia bathmophobia) (-)
  • The fear of stairs and slopes.
  • * 2011 , Martin Bodek, The Year of Bad Behavior: Bearing Witness to the Uncouthiest of Humanity , Lulu.com (2011), ISBN 9781257956944, page 16:
  • It is closely related to bathmophobia , which is a fear of stairs or steep slopes, and climacophobia, which is a fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling down stairs.
  • * 2011 , Claire Bates, " Mother once forced to go down shopping centre steps on her BOTTOM finally overcomes fear of stairs after 38 years", Daily Mail , 10 November 2011:
  • Bathmophobia , as with other clinical fears, is generally not diagnosed in children unless it persists for more than six months.
  • * 2012 , Edward Berenson, The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story , Yale University Press (2012), ISBN 9780300149500, page 180:
  • For visitors falling ill or who are prone to acrophobia (fear of heights) or bathmophobia (fear of stairs), restoration workers installed a tiny emergency elevator to enable Park Service rangers to ascend quickly all the way to Liberty's neck and then spirit people out.

    Synonyms

    * climacophobia English words suffixed with -phobia