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pang | dubitation |

As nouns the difference between pang and dubitation

is that pang is paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; sudden and transitory agony; throe while dubitation is the process of doubting or the state of being in doubt; hesitation, uncertainty.

As a verb pang

is to torment; to torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering.

pang

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (often, pluralized) paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; sudden and transitory agony; throe
  • * 1591 , , Henry VI, Part II , act 3, sc. 3,
    • See, how the pangs of death do make him grin!
  • * 1888 , , "The Nightingale and the Rose" in The Happy Prince and Other Tales ,
    • So the Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her.
  • (often, pluralized) A sharp, sudden feeling of a mental or emotional nature, as of joy or sorrow
  • * 1867 , , The Guardian Angel , ch. 7,
    • He was startled with a piece of information which gave him such an exquisite pang of delight that he could hardly keep the usual quiet of his demeanor.

    Related terms

    * birth pangs * pang of conscience

    Verb

  • to torment; to torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering
  • * 1918 , , "On Unanswering Letters" in Mince Pie ,
    • It panged him so to say good-bye when he had to leave.

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    dubitation

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The process of doubting or the state of being in doubt; hesitation, uncertainty.
  • * circa'' 1450 , '' , page 67 (Shakespeare Society; published 1841–53):
    • I seyn, ffeythfully beleve withowtyn alle dubytacion .
  • * 1570 , , Chamæleon , page 51:
    • The Chamæleon eftir sum dubitatioun come to Striueling.
  • * 1867 , , Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood , chapter 32:
    • All my dubitation and distress were gone, for I had something to do, although what I could not yet tell.
  • (countable, obsolete) A thing to be doubted; a matter that calls for doubt.
  • * 1545 , , The Exposicion of Daniel the Prophete , chapter 12:
    • The trewe inuocacion of God thorow Cryst, thei haue turned it into a dowtfull dubitacion .
  • (countable) A pang or expression of doubt.
  • * 1683 , (author) and Edward Hooker (editor), Theologica Mystica, or The Mystic Divinitie of the Æternal Invisibles , page 99:
    • Altercations, disputations and dubitations of, in and about Mystic Theologie.
  • * 1841 , , Heroes and Hero Worship , chapter 4:
    • [T]he deep earnest soul of the man had fallen into all manner of black scruples, dubitations ; he believed himself likely to die soon, and far worse than die.
  • * 1864 , , Wylder’s Hand , chapter 43:
    • These terrors and dubitations are infectious.

    Synonyms

    * (state of being in doubt) doubtfulness

    Related terms

    * dubious * dubitable * dubitate * dubitative

    References

    * “ dubitation]” listed in the [[w:Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary] , second edition (1989) ----