As nouns the difference between catharsis and venting
is that catharsis is (drama) a release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy) while venting is the act by which something is vented.
As a verb venting is
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catharsis
Noun
(catharses)
(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).
Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.
A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.
(psychology) A therapeutic technique to relieve tension.
(medicine) Purging of the digestive system.
Related terms
* cathartic
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venting
English
Verb
(head)
Noun
(
en noun)
The act by which something is vented.
* 2007 , Samuel Upton Newtan, Nuclear War I and Other Major Nuclear Disasters of the 20th Century (page 94)
- It wasn't until 1978 that the general public learned that nuclear ventings were not unusual.