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Cogitate vs Lament - What's the difference?

cogitate | lament |

In lang=en terms the difference between cogitate and lament

is that cogitate is to consider, to devise while lament is to feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.

As verbs the difference between cogitate and lament

is that cogitate is to meditate, to ponder, to think deeply while lament is to express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.

As a noun lament is

an expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.

cogitate

English

Verb

(cogitat)
  • To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth.
  • * 1953 ,
  • Think, ladies! Cogitate ! Sharpen up the edges of your wit.
  • To consider, to devise.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    lament

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.
  • A song expressing grief.
  • Derived terms

    * (l) (rare)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
  • * Bible, John xvi. 20
  • Ye shall weep and lament , but the world shall rejoice.
  • To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.
  • * 2014 , , " Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
  • By the end, Sunderland were lucky to lose by the same scoreline Northampton Town suffered against Southampton, in 1921. The Sunderland manager, Gus Poyet, lamented that it was “the most embarrassed I’ve ever been on a football pitch, without a doubt”.
  • * Dryden
  • One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.

    Synonyms

    * bewail

    Anagrams

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