Embarrassment vs Entangle - What's the difference?
embarrassment | entangle |
A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
A state of confusion arising from hesitation or difficulty in choosing.
A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
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(medical) Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment .
To tangle; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make confused and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult; hence, metaphorically, to ensnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers.
To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.
As a noun embarrassment
is a state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.As a verb entangle is
to tangle; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make confused and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.embarrassment
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''Kevin, you are an embarrassment to this family.
- ''Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.