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Humiliating vs Embarrasing - What's the difference?

humiliating | embarrasing |

As adjectives the difference between humiliating and embarrasing

is that humiliating is liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone while embarrasing is .

As a verb humiliating

is .

humiliating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.}}

    Verb

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    • embarrasing

    English

    Adjective

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