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Contemptuous vs Mortification - What's the difference?

contemptuous | mortification |

As an adjective contemptuous

is showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.

As a noun mortification is

the act of mortifying.

contemptuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.

    Derived terms

    * contemptuously

    Related terms

    * contempt

    mortification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of mortifying.
  • A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}
  • (medicine) The death of part of the body.
  • *1913 ,
    • And then there's the fever and the mortification —if it took bad ways he'd quickly be gone.