Hopelessness vs Despair - What's the difference?
hopelessness | despair |
(obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
* Milton
(obsolete) To cause to despair.
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
* Bible, 2 Corinthians i. 8
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
That which is despaired of.
Despair is a synonym of hopelessness.
As nouns the difference between hopelessness and despair
is that hopelessness is the lack of hope; despair while despair is loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.As a verb despair is
to give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.despair
English
Verb
(en verb)- I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
- We despaired even of life.
Noun
- He turned around in despair , aware that he was not going to survive