Compunction vs Quaff - What's the difference?
compunction | quaff |
A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.
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To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.
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* Milton
The act of quaffing, a deep draught.
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As nouns the difference between compunction and quaff
is that compunction is a pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting while quaff is the act of quaffing, a deep draught.As a verb quaff is
to drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.compunction
English
Noun
(en noun)- [H]e would have had no compunction whatever in flinging him out of the highest window in Venice into the deepest water of the city.
- I felt no compunction in doing so, for under the circumstances I felt that I should protect myself in every way I could.
- But he felt, later, a little compunction . He had been violent, cruel with poor Hermione. He wanted to recompense her, to make it up.
No Peace Dividend," Time :
- As for average U.S. consumers, they've shown little compunction about buying diamonds that fund bloody militias in Africa.
Synonyms
* regret, remorse, qualm * See alsoSee also
* contrition * penitence, penance * guiltquaff
English
Verb
(en verb)- quaffed off the muscadel
- They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet / Quaff immortality and joy.