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Impunity vs Hypochondria - What's the difference?

impunity | hypochondria |

As nouns the difference between impunity and hypochondria

is that impunity is (countable|legal) exemption from punishment while hypochondria is (medicine) a psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness.

impunity

English

Noun

  • (countable, legal) Exemption from punishment.
  • (uncountable) Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • * 1846 , :
    • I must not only punish but punish with impunity . A wrong is undressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 495:
    • The remoteness of the prison made the authorities feel they could ignore us with impunity .

    hypochondria

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hypochondria) (-)
  • (medicine) A psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness.
  • (anatomy) English plurals

    • Usage notes

    * The technical use of hypochondria'' is as a synonym for ''hypochondriasis'', while the colloquial use approximates somatization disorder (a different somatoform disorder). In cases where ambiguity is undesirable and the context may not be sufficient to identify the intended sense, it may be preferable to avoid the term ''hypochondria , using one of these terms instead.

    Related terms

    * hypochondriac * hypochondriacal * hypochondriasis * hypochondrium

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