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Discontent vs Validity - What's the difference?

discontent | validity |

As nouns the difference between discontent and validity

is that discontent is dissatisfaction while validity is the state of being valid, authentic or genuine.

As a verb discontent

is to deprive of contentment; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.

As an adjective discontent

is not content; discontented; dissatisfied.

discontent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Dissatisfaction.
  • A longing for better times or circumstances.
  • * "Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this son of York" Richard III, Act 1, Scene I Shakespeare
  • A discontented person. (see also malcontent ).

    • Related terms

    * discontented

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deprive of contentment; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.
    • (Jeremy Taylor)
  • * Bunyan
    • Passion seemed to be much discontent , but Patience was very quiet.

    validity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia validity)
  • The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
  • Having legal force.
  • A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).