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Disquietude vs Fearfulness - What's the difference?

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Disquietude is a related term of fearfulness.


As nouns the difference between disquietude and fearfulness

is that disquietude is (uncountable) a state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety while fearfulness is the quality of being fearful.

disquietude

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.
  • * :
    • but Mr Blifil said, he had received such positive and repeated orders from his uncle, never to keep any secret from him for fear of the disquietude which it might give him, that he durst not think of disobedience, whatever might be the consequence.
  • * 1795 , "The Life of John Bunyan," in the Collins Clear-Type Press ed. of The Pilgrim's Progress , p. xiv:
    • He was at length called forth, and set apart by fasting and prayer to the ministerial office, which he executed with faithfulness and success during a long course of years; though frequently with the greatest trepidation and inward disquietude .
  • (countable) A fear or an instance of uneasiness.
  • * 1813 , Laurence Sterne, The works of Laurence Sterne: with a life of the author , Volume 2, page 347:
    • The cares and disquietudes of the marriage-state, quoth Mrs. Wadman, are very great.

    fearfulness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being fearful