Despair vs Desperation - What's the difference?
despair | desperation | Synonyms |
(obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
* Milton
(obsolete) To cause to despair.
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
* Bible, 2 Corinthians i. 8
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
That which is despaired of.
The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
Desperation is a synonym of despair.
As nouns the difference between despair and desperation
is that despair is loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency while desperation is the act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.As a verb despair
is to give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.despair
English
Verb
(en verb)- I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
- We despaired even of life.
Noun
- He turned around in despair , aware that he was not going to survive