Embarrassment vs Harassment - What's the difference?
embarrassment | harassment |
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 .
Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.
Deliberate pestering or annoying.
As nouns the difference between embarrassment and harassment
is that embarrassment is a state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation while harassment is persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.embarrassment
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''Kevin, you are an embarrassment to this family.
- ''Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.