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Embarrassment vs Uneasiness - What's the difference?

embarrassment | uneasiness |

As nouns the difference between embarrassment and uneasiness

is that embarrassment is a state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation while uneasiness is the state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.

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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    uneasiness

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • The state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness , the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
  • An anxious state of mind; anxiety.
  • * 1860 , (Charles Dickens), (Great Expectations)
    • Finding that the afternoon coach was gone, and finding that his uneasiness grew into positive alarm, as obstacles came in his way, he resolved to follow in a post-chaise.

    Synonyms

    * (being nervous) unease * (anxiety) see