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Lamentation vs Plaining - What's the difference?

lamentation | plaining |

As nouns the difference between lamentation and plaining

is that lamentation is the act of lamenting while plaining is a lamentation.

As a verb plaining is

present participle of lang=en.

lamentation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of lamenting.
  • A sorrowful cry; a lament.
  • Specifically, mourning.
  • lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge
  • A group of swans.

    • Related terms

    * lament * lamentable * lamented

    References

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    plaining

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lamentation.
  • * 1592? , William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors
    • And piteous plainings of the pretty babes, That mourn'd for fashion, ignorant what to fear...