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Conniption vs Appropriation - What's the difference?

conniption | appropriation |

As nouns the difference between conniption and appropriation

is that conniption is (informal) a fit of anger or panic; conniption fit while appropriation is an act or instance of.

conniption

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.
    • When she came downstairs and saw what her children were eating, she had a conniption .
    ...threatened by the conniptions gripping Wall Street (Businessweek Oct.20, 2008)
  • A fit of laughing; convulsion.
    • The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.

    appropriation

    English

    (wikipedia appropriation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or instance of .
  • That which is .
  • Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
  • (arts) The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
  • (sociology) The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.