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Fainthood vs Sainthood - What's the difference?

fainthood | sainthood |

As nouns the difference between fainthood and sainthood

is that fainthood is the condition, quality, or state of being faint; faintness while sainthood is the state of being a saint.

fainthood

English

Noun

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  • The condition, quality, or state of being faint; faintness.
  • *2005 , Mark Steele, Flashbang: How I Got Over Myself - Page 4 :
    • I felt myself turn blue then green then white, but before I succumbed to the growing onslaught of fainthood , I crawled (no joke, literally tugging at the carpet strands for leverage) back to my bed and awakened my pregnant wife.
  • *2007 , Vernon Frazer, Bodied Tone - Page 102 :
    • Ethereal fainthood runs its flippant mileage per incarnation, whether unflowered or not. Sand feathers broth against the foolish lees. Daintily the weather assumes a much colder view.

    sainthood

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the state of being a saint
  • saints collectively

    • Synonyms

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