Displeasure vs Fault - What's the difference?
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A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval.
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That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offence; injury.
* Shakespeare
A state of disgrace or disfavour.
* Peacham
A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
* Shakespeare
A mistake or error.
A weakness of character; a failing.
A minor offense.
Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
(seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
(mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
(tennis) An illegal serve.
(electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.
(obsolete) want; lack
* Shakespeare
(hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
* Shakespeare
To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
* Traditional song
(geology) To fracture.
To commit a mistake or error.
(computing) To undergo a page fault.
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Displeasure is a related term of fault.
As nouns the difference between displeasure and fault
is that displeasure is a feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval while fault is a defect; something that detracts from perfection.As a verb fault is
to criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.displeasure
English
Noun
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- Hast thou delight to see a wretched man / Do outrage and displeasure to himself?
- He went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for overmuch familiarity.
Synonyms
* (feeling of being displeased with someone or something) discontent, discontentment, dissatisfaction, unhappiness * (sense) ache, discomfort, pain * (disapproval) condemnation, disapprobation, disapprovalAntonyms
* (feeling of being displeased with someone or something) contentment, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction * (sense) ease * (disapproval) approbation, approval, blessingDerived terms
* displeasurable * take a displeasure, take displeasure * displeasurementfault
English
Noun
(en noun)- As patches set upon a little breach / Discredit more in hiding of the fault .
- No!. This is my fault, not yours
- For all her faults , she's a good person at heart.
- The fault lies with you.
- slate fault''', dirt '''fault , etc.
- (Raymond)
- one, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend
- Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, / With much ado, the cold fault clearly out.
Derived terms
* at fault * double fault * to a faultSynonyms
* See alsoVerb
(en verb)- For that I will not fault thee / But for humbleness exalt thee.
- When a page is read in, a few pages surrounding the faulted page are typically loaded as well in the same I/O operation in an effort to head off future page faults.