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Embarrassment vs Irregularity - What's the difference?

embarrassment | irregularity | Related terms |

Embarrassment is a related term of irregularity.


As nouns the difference between embarrassment and irregularity

is that embarrassment is a state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation while irregularity is (countable) an instance of being irregular.

embarrassment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • ''Kevin, you are an embarrassment to this family.
    ''Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.
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  • (medical) Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment .

    • Derived terms

    * embarrassment of riches

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    irregularity

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) An instance of being irregular.
  • (uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
  • (countable) An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.
    • an irregularity of surface
  • (countable) A violation of rules.
    • An investigation of the irregularities in the company's accounts uncovered a large-scale fraud.

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    Antonyms

    * regularity