Embarrassment vs Mania - What's the difference?

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Embarrassment is a related term of mania.

As a noun embarrassment

is a state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.

As a proper noun mania is

(roman mythology) the goddess of the dead and ghosts.

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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mania

English

(wikipedia mania)

Noun

(en noun)

Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.

Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.}}

(psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

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