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Discomfort vs Colic - What's the difference?

discomfort | colic |

As nouns the difference between discomfort and colic

is that discomfort is mental or bodily distress while colic is (pathology) severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel related problems).

As a verb discomfort

is to cause annoyance or distress to.

As an adjective colic is

relating to the colon; colonic.

discomfort

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Mental or bodily distress.
  • Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance.
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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause annoyance or distress to.
  • (obsolete) To discourage; to deject.
  • * Shakespeare
    • His funeral shall not be in our camp, / Lest it discomfort us.

    Usage notes

    As a verb, the unrelated term discomfit is often used instead, largely interchangeably, though this is proscribed by some as an error, (term) originally meaning “destroy”, not “distress”.

    Derived terms

    * discomforter

    See also

    * discomfit

    colic

    English

    (wikipedia colic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel related problems).
  • A medicinal plant used to relieve one of such symptoms.

    • Derived terms

    * colicky

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to the colon; colonic.