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Derangement vs Embarrassment - What's the difference?

derangement | embarrassment | Synonyms |

Derangement is a synonym of embarrassment.


As nouns the difference between derangement and embarrassment

is that derangement is disturbance, inconvenience, disruption, trouble, bother while embarrassment is a state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.

derangement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The property of being deranged.
  • An act or instance of deranging.
  • (mathematics) A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.
  • embarrassment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
  • A state of confusion arising from hesitation or difficulty in choosing.
  • A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
  • ''Kevin, you are an embarrassment to this family.
    ''Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.
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  • (medical) Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment .
  • Derived terms

    * embarrassment of riches